There are currently 256 active clinical trials seeking participants for Depression research studies. The states with the highest number of trials for Depression participants are California, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Developing Resilience and Anxiety Management Through the Arts
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The DRAMA Study examines the degree to which the arts can help to address stress, anxiety, and sad mood in children and adolescents. The researchers will pair theatrical improvisation exercises with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques versus improvisation exercises alone versus a social craft group on reducing elevated levels of anxiety and depression.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 8 years and 17 years
Trial Updated:
06/13/2025
Locations: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Conditions: Anxiety, Depression, Mood
Positive Processes and Transition to Health - Single-Session (PATH-SS)
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The goal of this clinical trial is to test a brief, new psychotherapy (called Positive Processes and Transition to Health - Single Session, or PATH-SS) that aims to provide relief for people who are suffering after experiencing a sexual assault. This research will explore whether this new psychotherapy reduces sexual assault related distress, including posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does PATH-SS leads to improvements in PTSD and depressio... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 65 years
Trial Updated:
03/22/2025
Locations: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Conditions: PTSD, Depression
TEAM-Red, a Remotely Delivered Self-management Program for Depressed Black Women at Risk for Hypertension
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The proposed project is a 24-week prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effects of TargEted MAnageMent Intervention (TEAM, N=41) vs. enhanced waitlist (eWL, N=41) control in young (\<50 years) African American women who are depressed or suffering from stress, and at risk for hypertension.
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
Between 18 years and 49 years
Trial Updated:
10/04/2024
Locations: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Conditions: Depression
Determining Optimal Treatment Sequences in Anxious Depression (DOTS-AD)
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Acute, double-blind, adaptively randomized treatment with duloxetine or escitalopram, followed by double-blind, randomized adjunctive treatment with clonazepam or pregabalin for persistent symptoms.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 50 years
Trial Updated:
08/28/2024
Locations: University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Cincinnati, Ohio
Conditions: Anxious Depression, Depression
Lithium Effects on the Brain's Functional and Structural Connectome in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
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Lithium is highly effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder. This study aims to investigate, for the first time, the impact of lithium monotherapy on the structural and functional connectivity of the brain using MRI imaging.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 60 years
Trial Updated:
04/05/2024
Locations: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland, Ohio
Conditions: Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Depression, Bipolar II Depression, Bipolar Depression, Depression, Major Depressive Episode
CAMPUS Expanded "Classification and Assessment of Mental Health Performance Using Semantics Expanded"
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Open enrollment study to collect data for the optimization of machine learning models for use in an app for the early detection of mental health and suicidal risk.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 8 years and 75 years
Trial Updated:
02/05/2024
Locations: Clarigent Health, Mason, Ohio
Conditions: Suicide, Suicidal, Suicide, Attempted, Suicidal Ideation, Depression, Anxiety, Aggression, Trauma, Psychological
Characterization and Treatment of Adolescent Depression
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This research study seeks to find causes and treatments of depression in teenagers. The study goals are to increase our knowledge of treatments for depression and understand how the brain changes when teenagers have depression. The study will also compare teenagers with depression to those without mental health diagnoses. This outpatient study is recruiting participants ages 11-17 who are depressed. They must have a pediatrician or other medical provider, be medically healthy, and able to perfo... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 11 years and 25 years
Trial Updated:
06/27/2025
Locations: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions: Depression
Evaluation of Patients With Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Volunteers
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The purpose of this protocol is to allow for the careful screening of patients and healthy volunteers for participation in research protocols in the Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Lab (ETPB) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and for the collection of natural history data. In addition the protocol will allow clinicians to gain more experience in the use of a variety of polysomnographic and high-density EEG recordings. Subjects in this protocol will undergo an evalua... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 3 years and 99 years
Trial Updated:
06/27/2025
Locations: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions: Depression, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Healthy Volunteers, Bipolar Disorder
Neurobiology of Suicide
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Background: There are no good treatments for people considering suicide. Researchers want to study suicide with questions, blood tests, brain imaging, and sleep studies. They hope to better understand suicide, so they can help suicidal people. Objective: To understand what happens in the brain when someone has thought about or attempted suicide. Eligibility: Group 1: Adults ages 18 70 who have thought about or attempted suicide recently Group 2: Adults ages 18 70 who have thought about or... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 70 years
Trial Updated:
06/27/2025
Locations: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions: Healthy Volunteers, Depression
Neuropharmacologic Imaging and Biomarker Assessments of Response to Acute and Repeated-Dosed Ketamine Infusions in Major Depressive Disorder
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Background: Most medications that treat depression take weeks or months to work. Researchers want to develop fast-acting treatments. One dose of ketamine has a rapid antidepressant effect. For most people, this lasts a week or less. Repeated doses of ketamine may help maintain this effect. Objective: Main Study: To study the effects of ketamine in treating depression. Ketamine Metabolites Substudy: To study how ketamine effects brain chemistry. To study how ketamine effects the brain. This... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 65 years
Trial Updated:
06/26/2025
Locations: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions: Healthy Volunteer, Major Depressive Disorder, Depression
The Nuestros Días ("Our Days") Study
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The goal of this observational study is to understand how contextual, individual-level, and cultural factors influence the daily and long-term well-being of caregivers of relatives with memory problems or dementia. The study focuses on caregivers from the Hispanic and Latino community. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What daily factors increase (i.e., risk factors) or decrease (i.e., protective factors) the daily odds of depression and anxiety symptoms reported by caregivers? * How... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 100 years
Trial Updated:
06/25/2025
Locations: The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Conditions: Caregiver Burden, Well-Being, Psychological, Stress, Psychological, Depression, Anxiety
Internet Based Psychological Support
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The investigators have developed interactive, multimedia-intensive, computer-based treatment programs that include depression (Problem-Solving Therapy), stress management, and conflict management. Together the three modules are called PATH. The problem-solving module is based on an evidence-based psychotherapy called Problem-Solving Therapy in which depressed patients identify problems in their lives and work through a structured format for solving these problems. We have subjected the problem-... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
06/24/2025
Locations: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Conditions: Depression, Stress, Conflict Resolution