Adapting EMDR Therapy for Depression, Tested In Person and Online
Tests a culturally adapted EMDR therapy for major depression, given in person or online.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Cultural Adaptation of EMDR for Major Depressive Disorder and Compaire Its Online and Face-to-Face Testing
Key facts
- Where
- Kohat, PakistanSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for men and women aged 20 to 50 who have symptoms of major depressive disorder. It tests EMDR therapy online and face-to-face.
- Age
- 20 to 50 years
- Sex
- Men and women; the record says equal numbers of male and female patients will be chosen.
- Disease stage
- Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder.
- Earlier treatment
- Patients should preferably be treatment-naïve: no recent psychotherapy or medication.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Significant neuropsychological or cognitive disorders
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 20 and 50 years old?
Source: NCT06439043, who can take part
Where in Pakistan
- KKKUkKohat, PakistanContact: Anwar KhanTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Khushal Khan Khattak Univeristy, Karak, Pakistan
- Trial code
- NCT06439043
- Record updated
- 24 January 2025
- Original description
The present study aims to develop a culturally and methodologically adapted EMDR therapy protocol, determine its treatment fidelity, and then clinically test its efficacy in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan by utilizing both in-person and online modalities of EMDR therapy.Read full original descriptionShow less
Developing a Culturally and Methodologically Adapted EMDR Protocol for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder and Determining Its Efficacy by Testing it Through Online and Face-to-face Modes of EMDR Therapy
The present study aims to develop a culturally and methodologically adapted EMDR therapy protocol, determine its treatment fidelity, and then clinically test its efficacy in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan by utilizing both in-person and online modalities of EMDR therapy.
Inclusion: The patient should exhibit symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder; Male and female patients will be chosen equally; Patients between the ages of 20 and 50 will be selected; Patients should preferable be "treatment-naïve," meaning they have no recent history of any psychotherapy or medication.
Exclusion: There must be no significant neuropsychological or cognitive disorders among the patients.