Clinical trial NCT01493323: Functional Imaging of Psychic Pain
Official title: Neuro Anatomic Basis of Psychic Pain in Depression and Suicidal Behaviour
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Suicide, Attempted
Mood Disorder
Keywords: Psychic pain
Social exclusion
Mood disorders
Suicide, attempted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional
Genetic
Physic pain
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University Hospital, Geneva
name: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
First posted: 2011-12-15
Enrollment: 123
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Suicidal behaviour (SB) represents a major public health problem, costing life in more that one million people every year worldwide. Even if SB is considered as a consequence of social adversity and depression, these stress factors are often necessary but not sufficient to explain the occurrence of a suicidal act. A preliminary study suggests that an increased perception of psychic pain during a major depressive disorder increases the risk of suicide behaviour. The investigators aimed to investigate the relationship between social exclusion (a classic trigger of psychic pain) and SB and improve our knowledge about the physiopathology of this domain.

Detailed description: Suicide behaviour (SB) represents a major public health problem. In order to improve prevention strategies, a better understanding of the physiopathology of SB is needed. According to a "stress vulnerability" model, people who make a suicide attempt when they are subject to a stress factor (environmental stress, interpersonal difficulties, depression, tobacco, substance abuse...) are those who have a specific vulnerability. Vulnerability factors to SB may be considered in clinical terms (propensity to hopelessness, aggressive impulsivity traits), neurobiological terms (serotoninergic system disorder, especially in the ventral prefrontal cortex-vPFC) and cognitive terms (decision making, cognitive functions mediated by the vPFC and the serotoninergic system). Finally, genetic factors seem also involved in suicide vulnerability. The investigators have conducted a preliminary study which suggests that increased perception of psychic pain during a major depressive disorder increases suicidal ideation and suicidal act. Study about anatomic basis of psychic pain and its triggers represents a relevant theme to understand the suicidal process. Among the classical factors triggering psychic pain and suicidal act, events of social exclusion appears to be crucial. Finally, many data suggests the close relationship between physic and psychic pain.

Eligibility criteria: Non specific criteria, for all the participants:

* Woman- 18-50 years old
* Non menopausal
* Right-handed
* Caucasian from western Europe (exception of Basque and Sardinian), for genetic purposes
* Subject who signed informed consent
* Able to understand the nature, the aim, and the methodology of the study and agree to cooperate during clinical and radiological evaluation

Specific criteria:For depressed suicide attempters :

* DSM IV criteria for major depressive disorder
* Personal history of suicide attempt
* No psychotropic treatment currently

For depressed affective controls :

* DSM IV criteria for major depressive disorder
* No personal history of suicide attempt
* No psychotropic treatment currently

For non depressed suicide attempters :

* Personal history of unipolar or bipolar mood disorder, according to DSM IV criteria
* Normothymic currently (HAMD\<7)
* Personal history of suicide attempt
* Minimum treatment Healthy controls :
* No personal history of axis I psychiatric disorders according to the MINI and the DSM IV criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cerebral regions associated with psychic pain during a major depressive disorder
timeFrame: One day
measure: Cerebral regions associated with perception of social exclusion
timeFrame: One day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Montpellier
country: France
facility: MontpellierUniversity Hopital
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital, Montpellier
name: Philippe PC Courtet, Professor(MD-PhD)
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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