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Collaborative Care for Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Start Date

5/4/2023

Completion Date

8/1/2026

Summary

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.

Detailed Description

The intervention is a 24-week, evidence-based collaborative care model initiated around the time of a neurology visit. The collaborative care team roles include the care manager/social worker and psychiatrist who interact with the patient participant and the patient's neurologist/neurology provider.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to No maximum

Inclusion 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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 For the third Aim (sustainability supplement: intervention only care delivery exploratory study supplement) - the Participants meeting the following criteria may participate * 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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

collaborative care

BEHAVIORAL

usual neurology care

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Conditions

EpilepsyAnxietyDepression

Locations

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157

United States