Slow breathing and gentle nerve stimulation for depression
Treatments studied
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether slow breathing exercises and gentle electrical stimulation of a nerve in your neck (called the vagus nerve) can help reduce depression symptoms when added to your regular treatment. It is only for people staying in a specific hospital in Switzerland.
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Who can take part
- You are staying as an inpatient at the Privatklinik Meiringen psychiatric hospital.
- You have been diagnosed with at least a moderate depressive episode.
- Your depression score (BDI-II) is 20 or higher at admission.
- You are between 18 and 60 years old.
- You are not currently struggling with addiction, psychosis, bipolar disorder, or borderline personality disorder.
- You do not have a pacemaker, cancer, multiple sclerosis, or are pregnant, and your BMI is 35 or lower.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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