Treatment Choices for Improving Adherence and Outcome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of offering primary care patients their preferred treatment versus one that is less desirable in improving treatment adherence and outcome.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Citalopram

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 21-99

• English-speaking

• DSM-IV criteria for major depression

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to give informed consent

• MMSE<24

• DSM-IV diagnosis of bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder, current alcohol or substance abuse

• active suicide ideation

• aphasia

• acute or severe medical illness

• currently receiving either antidepressant medication or psychotherapy