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Spiritual Intervention for Mental Illness

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Nina Cooperman, PhD
Research Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study the effects of a psychological intervention on spiritual health, measuring impacts on general distress, depression, anxiety, well-being, and beyond that which can be explained by usual personality factors. It will also use neuroimaging to look for possible changes in the brain.

Eligible Conditions
  • Mental Illness
  • Addiction

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
NIH-HEALS
fMRI Scan
Secondary outcome measures
Anxiety
PTSD
Personally Independent Effects
+2 more
Other outcome measures
Human Spirituality Scale
NMI
Spirituality - Mysticism Measure
+1 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Cohort 1Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
8 subjects get psychological assessments and fMRI brain scan followed by 9 week psychotherapeutic intervention. With intervention completion, psychological assessments and fMRI scan are repeated.
Group II: Cohort 2Active Control1 Intervention
8 subjects get psychological assessments at same time as Cohort 1, but do not receive the intervention at that time - serving as control group. When Cohort 1 is completed, Cohort 2 will repeat psychological assessments, receive fMRI scan, then receive same 9 week intervention as Cohort 1, followed by repeat psychological assessments and fMRI scan.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Rutgers Brain Health InstituteUNKNOWN
Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLead Sponsor
429 Previous Clinical Trials
64,216 Total Patients Enrolled
Damon HouseUNKNOWN

Media Library

Spiritual Intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05485181 — N/A
Mental Illness Research Study Groups: Cohort 1, Cohort 2
Mental Illness Clinical Trial 2023: Spiritual Intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05485181 — N/A
Spiritual Intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05485181 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is the enrollment process open for this clinical trial?

"Evidenced by clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is currently not enrolling patients. This study was initially posted on November 4th 2022 and has since been updated for the last time on October 24th 2022. Despite that, there are other 454 active medical trials recruiting participants at present."

Answered by AI
~7 spots leftby Apr 2025