Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of Telepsychiatry-based Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment of Depressed Chinese Americans

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypothesis 1. Telepsychiatry consultations will be acceptable and well-received by depressed Chinese Americans and by their primary care clinicians. Hypothesis 2. Depressed Chinese Americans in remot...

Detailed Description

Telepsychiatry-based CSCT (T-CSCT): Live and interactive Telepsychiatry (using videoconferencing) brings tremendous opportunities to clinical care, education, research, and administration. In the U.S...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Individuals with Chinese ethnicity, defined as people who self-identify as being Chinese based upon having either one or both parents being ethnic Chinese.
  • Monolingual Chinese American immigrants, defined as people who require or prefer to be interviewed in Chinese (including Cantonese, Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Toisanese dialects).
  • Men or women age 18 or older, who live in the greater Boston area.
  • Individuals who are competent to consent and have completed a written consent form.
  • Individuals who have a PCP.
  • Patients who screen positive for MDD, current according to the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as diagnosed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al, 1998)
  • Individuals who are willing to receive phone interviews for monitoring of symptoms and for additional support (care management) if available.

Exclusion

  • Patients with serious suicidal risk.
  • Patients with unstable medical illnesses requiring imminent hospitalization or rendering patients unsuitable for clinical interview.
  • d. Patients with comorbid severe mental disorders including:
  • Organic mental disorders.
  • Alcohol or substance abuse disorders active within the last year.
  • Schizophrenia.
  • Delusional disorder.
  • Psychotic disorders not elsewhere classified.
  • Bipolar disorder. e. Patients with history of treatment by a psychiatrist in the past 4 months.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

241 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00854542

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

April 1 2015

Last Update

December 1 2016

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South Cove Community Health Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111