Using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 as Feedback Instruments in Brief Psychotherapy



Status:Completed
Conditions:Anxiety, Depression
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 64
Updated:7/20/2017
Start Date:November 2015
End Date:August 31, 2016

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7) as Feedback Instruments in Brief Psychotherapy

This study will assess the effects of client feedback, using the Patient Health Questionnaire
- 9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale, on depression and anxiety in individuals
undergoing brief psychotherapy. Client feedback allows therapists to monitor treatment
progress in real time. Identifying an easily accessible treatment intervention, which
utilizes commonly used scales, that potentially enhances the effect of brief psychotherapy
and improves treatment outcomes is a valuable endeavor with clear implications for therapy
practices. It is hypothesized that clients who complete these scales each session will show
greater symptom improvement than clients who do not complete the scales.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or Adjustment
Disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

- Require a higher level of care than brief psychotherapy, or have been diagnosed with
an intellectual disability, personality disorder, substance use disorder, or major
medical illness
We found this trial at
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Christiana Care Health System - Adult Bridge Program
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Principal Investigator: Krystal G Ludwig, MA
Phone: 610-413-5983
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