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Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Conditions: Depression
Interventions: Cognitive behavioural therapy-based stepped-care intervention, Self-management booklet
Countries: Hong Kong
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a medical-social collaboration model works to reduce depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults with depressive symptoms who are waiting for their first psychiatric appointment. Secondary outcomes of the study include reduced anxiety symptoms, reduced loneliness, reduced rumination, reduced self-criticism, improved self-reassurance, improved resilience, improved self-efficacy, improved health-related quality of life, as well as improved quality-adjusted life years, and reduced healthcare service utilisation. Researchers will compare a medical-social collaboration model to a self-management booklet. Participants will: * Receive CBT-based stepped-care interventions through the medical-social collaboration model or a self-management booklet. * Complete a survey about their mental health and service use every three months until their first psychiatric appointment.
Sex: ALL
Age: 45 Years to —
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently awaiting psychiatric services provided by the Hospital Authority * Have depressive symptoms of at least mild severity * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * A known history of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease, or dementia * Imminent suicidal risk (temporary exclusion) * Communication difficulties that preclude participation
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong