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Improving Mental Health for Care Partners of Persons With AD/ADRD

Reducing Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Informal Caregivers: A Group and Individual Therapy Approach

Who can join

Ages 18 to 120 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
* Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
* Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
* Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

* Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
* Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.

About the study

The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia

What is being tested

• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (behavioral)
• Behavior Activation (behavioral)

Sponsor: Texas Tech University · Participants: 60 · Started: Feb 1, 2022

Contact the study team

• Casside Street, Ph.D · Phone: (806) 834-2285
• Keith Jones, Ph.D · Phone: (806) 834-8745

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05334992

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.