Participant Recruitment for CBT Study at Baycrest Hospital

About the Opportunity

Key topic area: Caregiver mental health, dementia prevention and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), brain mapping, inflammation

Depressive symptoms are increasingly common with aging, and are frequently found in dementia.

Caregivers of older adults with dementia are at increased risk of depression that may in turn lead to an increased risk of dementia for caregivers themselves and poorer outcomes for patients receiving care.

The gold-standard treatment for depression is cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), shown to reduce mood symptoms and improve cognitive functioning while preventing depression relapse.

This study involves CBT followed up with blood tests and neuroimaging in dementia caregivers to clarify the neurological changes are associated with CBT, and which individuals would respond best to CBT.

What will be expected of me?

You can expect to receive a series of CBT therapy sessions offered for free. You'll then be expected to make your best effort to complete the imaging and biomarker collections, to support generating helpful findings for dementia prevention.

• Dates and times of the sessions will be discussed in consultation with the participant
• CBT sessions will be virtual, imaging and biomarker collection will be at Baycrest (Bathurst and Wilson, Toronto)

How do I participate?

If interested in participating, please contact cbtTrial@research.baycrest.org