Morita Therapy for depression (Morita Trial): a pilot randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To address uncertainties prior to conducting a fully powered randomised controlled trial of Morita Therapy plus treatment as usual (TAU) versus TAU alone, or to determine that such a trial is not appropriate and/or feasible.

Design

Pilot parallel group randomised controlled feasibility trial.

Setting and participants

Participants aged ≥18 years with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV major depressive disorder, with or without DSM-IV anxiety disorder(s), recruited from general practice record searches in Devon, UK.

Interventions

We randomised participants on a 1:1 basis stratified by symptom severity, concealing allocation using a secure independent web-based system, to receive TAU (control) or 8-12 sessions of Morita Therap

SUBMITTER: Sugg HVR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature