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Dare
Project
Each year more than a million Australians experience depression. With
time and treatment, most will recover, but for many of these people the
problem will come back. This study is looking at two approaches to managing
risk of relapse:
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a new psychological
treatment combining principles of cognitive therapy and mindfulness
meditation. It is designed to prevent depressive relapse in people who
have recovered from depressive episodes.
- An alternative strategy for managing long-term risk of depressive
relapse is to pick up relapses early and encourage people to seek treatment,
and this approach is taken in the other treatment condition in this
study, Depression Relapse Active Monitoring (DRAM)
This project will find out which of MBCT or DRAM alone, both when added
to existing treatments, is more effective in preventing depressive relapse
for people who have already have had three episodes of depression. The results
will be important in deciding what approaches to long term self management
to recommend for people who have had repeated experience of depression.
For further information follow one of the links below:
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Information for clinicians and researchers
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Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scoring for doctor or healthcare professional***
This work is supported through the National Health and Medical Research
Council and has Human Research and Ethics Approvals from several University
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