Cognitive-reminiscence therapy and usual care for depression in young adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Hallford, David John and Mellor, David. (2013). Cognitive-reminiscence therapy and usual care for depression in young adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 14(1), pp. 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-343
AuthorsHallford, David John and Mellor, David
Abstract

Background: Depression is a common affliction for young adults, and is associated with a range of adverse outcomes. Cognitive-reminiscence therapy is a brief, structured intervention that has been shown to be highly effective for reducing depressive symptoms, yet to date has not been evaluated in young adult populations. Given its basis in theory-guided reminiscence-based therapy, and incorporation of effective therapeutic techniques drawn from cognitive therapy and problem-solving frameworks, it is hypothesized to be effective in treating depression in this age group. Methods and design: This article presents the design of a randomized controlled trial implemented in a community-based youth mental health service to compare cognitive-reminiscence therapy with usual care for the treatment of depressive symptoms in young adults. Participants in the cognitive-reminiscence group will receive six sessions of weekly, individual psychotherapy, whilst participants in the usual-care group will receive support from the youth mental health service according to usual procedures. A between-within repeated-measures design will be used to evaluate changes in self-reported outcome measures of depressive symptoms, psychological wellbeing and anxiety across baseline, three weeks into the intervention, post-intervention, one month post-intervention and three months post-intervention. Interviews will also be conducted with participants from the cognitive-reminiscence group to collect information about their experience receiving the intervention, and the process underlying any changes that occur. Discussion: This study will determine whether a therapeutic approach to depression that has been shown to be effective in older adult populations is also effective for young adults. The expected outcome of this study is the validation of a brief, evidence-based, manualized treatment for young adults with depressive symptoms. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613000084785.

Keywordscognitive-reminiscence therapy; depression; reminiscence therapy; young adults
Year2013
JournalTrials
Journal citation14 (1), pp. 1 - 8
PublisherBiomed Central Ltd
ISSN1745-6215
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-343
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84886110020
Open accessOpen access
Page range1 - 8
Research GroupInstitute for Health and Ageing
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© 2013 Hallford and Mellor; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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