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Expressive Writing for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol Misuse

26. januar 2015 opdateret af: Carrie Dodrill, Baylor College of Medicine

***Please note that this study does not offer comprehensive treatment program for alcohol abuse or depression. Please do not contact the study staff if you are seeking psychological treatment. Further, this study is only enrolling people who are clients at Career and Recovery Resources, Inc., in Houston.

The hypothesis is that writing about feelings and thoughts will help people who are in group treatment feel less depressed and abuse alcohol less.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Expressive writing applied to a variety of populations (e.g., HIV, cancer, PTSD, depression) has been associated with health improvements, reductions in symptoms of emotional distress, and one preliminary study found reductions in alcohol misuse among college students. Data suggest that expressive writing is a technique to facilitate emotional processing that can influence a number of clinical outcomes by facilitating cognitive restructuring (Hunt, 1998; Pennebaker, 2004). In addition to examining cognitive content change following expressive writing, we believe the effects of emotional writing on mood and drinking may involve two additional processes that have been found significant for both depression and alcohol misuse, namely experiential avoidance and ruminative thinking. We hypothesize that expressive writing will lead to less drinking and enhanced mood by reducing: (1) negative thought content, (2) experiential avoidance of unpleasant private events (e.g., negative thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations), and (3) ruminative thinking.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

89

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Forenede Stater
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, Forenede Stater, 77004
        • Career and Recovery Resources, Inc.

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

***Please note that this study does not offer comprehensive treatment program for alcohol abuse or depression. Please do not contact the study staff if you are seeking psychological treatment. Further, this study is only enrolling people who are clients at Career and Recovery Resources, Inc., in Houston.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Enrolled in group therapy program at Career and Recovery Resources, Inc.
  • Must be at least 18.
  • Willing and able to participate in the study through the one month follow up.
  • Able to provide the contact information of at least two people who can generally locate their whereabouts.
  • Speak English fluently.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to read, write, speak English.
  • History of bipolar or psychotic disorders.
  • Severe medical, cognitive and /or psychiatric impairment that precludes cooperation with study protocol.
  • Substance withdrawal symptoms requiring medical attention.
  • Currently receiving other individual psychosocial therapy outside of C&R for substance abuse or other psychiatric conditions with the exception of AA, NA or CA.
  • Impending incarceration or other factor that would create inability or unwillingness to participate in the 6 week long study period (e.g., halfway house or other aftercare program restrictions).

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Expressive Writing
In addition to attending group therapy as usual, participants write about their feelings about an issue of their choosing three times during a two week period for at least 20 minutes each time.
Adfærdsmæssigt: Expressive writing (in addition to group therapy as usual).
Participants in the expressive writing condition write about their feelings about an issue of their choosing three times, for at least 20 minutes each time, during a two week period.
Aktiv komparator: Treatment as Usual
Participants attend group therapy as usual only.
Adfærdsmæssigt: Expressive writing (in addition to group therapy as usual).
Participants in the expressive writing condition write about their feelings about an issue of their choosing three times, for at least 20 minutes each time, during a two week period.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition
Tidsramme: Baseline, Post-writing (2 weeks post-baseline), and One Month Follow-Up (Six weeks post-baseline)
Baseline, Post-writing (2 weeks post-baseline), and One Month Follow-Up (Six weeks post-baseline)

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Number of Alcoholic Drinks Consumed
Tidsramme: 30 days pre-baseline compared to 30 days post-intervention
30 days pre-baseline compared to 30 days post-intervention

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.

Sponsor

Baylor College of Medicine

Samarbejdspartnere

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Carrie L Dodrill, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston- ** This contact information should not be used for counseling or informational purposes**
  • Studiestol: Angela L Stotts, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston- ** This contact information should not be used for counseling or informational purposes**

Publikationer og nyttige links

Den person, der er ansvarlig for at indtaste oplysninger om undersøgelsen, leverer frivilligt disse publikationer. Disse kan handle om alt relateret til undersøgelsen.

Generelle publikationer

Hjælpsomme links

Datoer for undersøgelser

Disse datoer sporer fremskridtene for indsendelser af undersøgelsesrekord og resumeresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieregistreringer og rapporterede resultater gennemgås af National Library of Medicine (NLM) for at sikre, at de opfylder specifikke kvalitetskontrolstandarder, før de offentliggøres på den offentlige hjemmeside.

Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. august 2008

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. marts 2010

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. december 2011

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

6. januar 2009

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

6. januar 2009

Først opslået (Skøn)

8. januar 2009

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

27. januar 2015

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

26. januar 2015

Sidst verificeret

1. januar 2015

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Nøgleord

Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 1R03AA016819-01A1 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)

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