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Description:
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purpose of this research study is to find out how effective the SSRI antidepressant, citalopram (CIT), is administered over
a 16 week period with or without a targeted psychotherapy called Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT). After medical and psychiatric
evaluations are completed, eligible subjects are randomly assigned (that is, by chance) to one of 4 study treatments (with
a 1 in 4 chance of being assigned to each group): - Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT)
plus antidepressant medication (citalopram)
- CGT plus placebo (a pill without active medication)
- Medication (citalopram) without CGT
- Placebo without CGT
Key Eligibility Criteria - Individuals 18 years or
older with a primary diagnosis of Complicated Grief (as determined by the psychiatrists who conduct our initial screening
process).
- Physical examination and laboratory findings without clinically significant
medical problems.
- Pregnant or lactating women or those able to become pregnant not using
medically accepted forms of birth control cannot take part in the research study.
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If you are interested in participating: - Call the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders:
1 (866) 44-WORRY
- Or
send an email to: anxietystudy@partners.org
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Partner Treatment
Sites in New York, Pittsburg, and San Diego
New York, New York Katherine Shear, MD
HEAL Study Principal Investigator; Director, The Complicated Grief Program, Columbia University School
of Social Work. Rachel Fox, MS
Clinical Coordinator, The Complicated Grief Program, Columbia University
School of Social Work.
Phone: 212-851-2107
raf2130@columbia.edu Pittsburg Pennslyvania Charles F. Reynolds III, MD
HEAL Study Principal Investigator; Professor of Geriatric
Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Jill Houle, BSE
Program Coordinator, University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Phone: 412-246-6006
houldja@upmc.edu www.healstudy.org
San Diego, California Sidney Zisook, MD
HEAL Study Principal Investigator;
Professor of Psychiatry, VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego Ilanit
Tal Young, PhD
HEAL Study Research Coordinator, Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Phone: 858-552-7598
ityoung@vapop.ucsd.edu
Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders
Massachusetts
General Hospital 1 Bowdoin Square, Boston
MA 02114
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