Status:
UNKNOWN
Evaluation of Generalization Paradigm Patterns Among Different Psychiatric Disorders
Lead Sponsor:
Shalvata Mental Health Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Weizmann Institute of Science
Conditions:
MDD
Bipolar Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-65 years
Brief Summary
Learning includes the ability to generalize to new situations and respond to similar, yet not identical stimuli. In previous work, focused on stimulus generalization in healthy volunteers, tones that ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women 20-65 years of age.
- Primary DSM-IV diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, Bipolar (1 or 2) , Major depressive Disorder , Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder based on SCID and confirmed by a senior psychiatrist, Or subjects without axis I or II diagnosis (control group).
- Capable and willing to provide informed consent. In any case when there is doubt about the patients' capacity to sign an informed consent, an independent doctor will assess the patient capacities to make treatment decisions with the clinical tool MacCAT-T.
- Able to adhere to the evaluation schedule.
- Able to read, hear, write and speak Hebrew.
- Has signed a written informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion
- Patients with acute, unstable, significant, or untreated medical illness besides schizophrenia, anxiety disorder or affective disorder, including alcohol and drug dependence.
- Subjects with significant cognitive impairment including dementia, history of head injury, mental retardation, or any other cause to "organic" cognitive impairment.
- Current suicidal ideation or history of a suicide attempt in the past six month
- Subjects who were under compulsory hospitalization.
- Subjects with any other dominant axis I or II diagnosis mainly anxiety disorders, which might interfere with the evaluation of the above disorders.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01501812
Start Date
March 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
December 29 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Shalvat Mental Health Center
Hod HaSharon, Israel