Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation (BA)
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Official title
Multi-level Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Adolescent Depression
Brief summary
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The investigators will be comparing brain (neural) activation of depressed adolescent patients before, during and after a course of Behavioral Activation (BA) therapy using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In particular, the project seeks to determine whether BA targets different neural mechanisms for behavioral avoidance associated with low motivation as compared to threat avoidance. A group of healthy controls will also be scanned as a comparator group for behavioral and imaging measures.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05548244
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 136 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Behavioral Activation Therapy Behavioral
- Baseline assessment procedures Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 15 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 29, 2023
- Primary completion
- Apr 30, 2027
- Completion
- Apr 30, 2027
- Last update posted
- May 31, 2026
2023 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | Recruiting |
| Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience (FERN) | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | Recruiting |
| Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP) | Atlanta | Georgia | 30329 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted May 31, 2026 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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