Status:

COMPLETED

Acute, Affective, Organic Disorders.

Lead Sponsor:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Collaborating Sponsors:

St. Olavs Hospital

Dr. Dedichens Institute for Psychiatric Research, Oslo, Norway.

Conditions:

Depressive Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether patients with brief depressive periods together with other fluctuating psychiatric symptoms, have this condition due to epilepsy or an other organic ...

Detailed Description

A limited number of patients admitted to psychiatric acute wards or Psychiatric Intensive Care Units are admitted with a fluctuating array of psychiatric symptoms including brief depressive episodes. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Acutely admitted psychiatric patients who have at different times the last 2 weeks filled criteria for at least two new DSM-4 Axis 1 psychiatric diagnoses. One of them has to be a depressive episode (MADRS\>20)

Exclusion

  • Patients not speaking Norwegian or English.
  • Patients not willing to participate.
  • Patients with dementia or mental retardation to an extensive degree.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 1998

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00201474

Start Date

October 1 1998

End Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

August 4 2016

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Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, Norway, 7441