NCT05559749NARecruiting
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
Conditions
EpilepsyAnxietyDepression
Locations
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
United States