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First received: September 15, 2022

Clinical Trial: Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation (BA)

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Depression

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Multi-level Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Adolescent Depression

Brief Summary: 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.

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