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Childhood and adolescence are very important periods for brain development, and are linked to changes in intellectual and emotional functions. Distractibility is likely to cause concentration difficulties and affect performance at school, both of which often happen in children and adolescents with depression. This study aims to better understand brain processes involved in attention, higher thinking skills, and emotional processing in children, adolescents and young adults with and without depression.
This study involves a visit of about 3 hours and 20 minutes in our laboratory during which you will be asked to provide a saliva sample to screen for street drugs, fill out some questionnaires about your mood, sleep, behaviour, and thoughts, and we will record the electrical activity of your brain (electroencephalography, EEG) while we will ask you to perform simple tasks on a computer. You will receive a financial compensation of 40$ for completing this study.
Age range
13 to 35 years old
Gender
Any
Individuals are eligible if they
- Have a current diagnosis of depression or bipolar disorder OR
- Have no previous history of a mental or sleep disorder
Individuals are not eligible if they
- Have a neurological or serious medical conditions;
- Have other mental disorder (aside from anxiety disorders);
- Have had an head injury, or loss of consciousness for more than 5 min;
- Have an hearing disorder;
- Have a serious vision impairment (which cannot be corrected by glasses);
Location
The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, affiliated with the University of Ottawa
Sleep Research Unit
1145 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON
Recruitment Via
- Self-Referral (by participant)
- Internal Referral (by ROMHC staff)
- External Referral (by doctors or other mental health specialists outside of ROMHC)
Principal Investigator
Rébecca Robillard, PhD
Contact
Laura Ray
+1 (613) 722-6521 ext. 6544
laura.ray@theroyal.ca
*This study is currently recruiting participants