About this trial
150 patients with moderate to severe depression, recently discharged from a psychiatric ward and now recieving treatment at an outpatient unit at Mental Health Center Copenhagen, will be randomised in to two groups. A treatment ad usual (TAU) group and an Advance-group. The Advance-group will receive a psychotherapeutic intervention focusing on advancing sleep timing to improve depression.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Moderate to major depression (DSM-V)
Discharge from psychiatric ward within last 30 days
Sleep onset and/or sleep off-set delayed minimum 1 hour based on the last three days, comparred to sleep in the last week of admittance at the psychiatric ward.
Disqualifiers
Psychotic depression.
Cognitive problems making participation difficult.
Substance abuse (e.g. alcohol).
Increased suicidal risk.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- CRT-Advance
- Treatment as usual