Collaborative Care for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

Description

This is a randomized effectiveness/implementation trial comparing a 24-week neurology-based collaborative care intervention to usual neurology care among 60 adults with epilepsy.

Conditions

Epilepsy, Anxiety, Depression

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Study Details

Study overview

This is a randomized effectiveness/implementation trial comparing a 24-week neurology-based collaborative care intervention to usual neurology care among 60 adults with epilepsy.

Collaborative Care to Improve Quality of Life for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

Collaborative Care for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

Condition
Epilepsy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Winston-Salem

Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Provision of signed and dated Informed Consent Form
  • * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures
  • * Males and Females; Age \>= 18 years
  • * \* Diagnosis of epilepsy: Epilepsy diagnosis based on neurology clinician impression or EEG findings
  • * Anxiety or Depression symptoms
  • * Receiving clinical neurological care at Atrium Health
  • * Current participation in another treatment of intervention study
  • * Cognitive limitations precluding completion of Anxiety and Depression self-report instruments on paper, electronically, or by interview
  • * Comorbid medical condition with life expectancy less than 6 months
  • * Not a good candidate for collaborative care due to:
  • * Active ongoing treatment by a psychiatrist
  • * Active suicidal ideation
  • * History of past suicide attempt and:
  • * receiving ongoing psychotherapy OR
  • * has seen a psychiatrist in the past year
  • * History of suicide attempt in the past year and:
  • * currently prescribed 2 or more psychotropic medications for psychiatric indication (not merely as a hypnotic) AND not felt to be a good candidate for collaborative care based on the judgement of the investigators
  • * Unstable drug or alcohol abuse
  • * individuals who meet the above INC-EXC criteria and have completed the Control Arm of a collaborative care research study - NCT05559749 - NCT05353452 or
  • * individuals who meet the above INC-EXC criteria except rather than having a diagnosis of Epilepsy; they have a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder with seizures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Wake Forest University Health Sciences,

Heidi M Munger Clary, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Record Dates

2025-03