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Clinical trials and research at Shanghai Mental Health Center

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All recruiting trials (39)

• Sequential Treatment Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia in Chinese Patients

  This trial tests whether clozapine-based drug therapy or neuromodulation with MECT or MST is better for adults in China who have treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

  Recruiting Phase 3 Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT07918222

• Online FBT-DBT for Caregivers of Teens with Anorexia Nervosa

  This online program tests a combination of family-based and DBT skills to help caregivers of teens with anorexia nervosa manage stress and improve family support.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07734779

• Temporal Interference stimulation for PTSD symptom relief

  This study tests whether Temporal Interference stimulation can help reduce PTSD symptoms in adults with PTSD, using twice-daily sessions over a week and follow-up for up to 3 months.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07644338

• Predicting bipolar disorder relapse risk with multi-modal sentiment analysis

  This project tests whether combining speech, facial, and other emotional signals can help predict relapse risk in adults with bipolar disorder.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07573839

• Motion-controlled mobile games to improve thinking in people with schizophrenia

  This project will try a motion-based smartphone game to improve thinking skills in adults with stable schizophrenia.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07557381

• Gamified somatosensory and narrative rehabilitation to improve thinking and social skills in hospitalized adults with schizophrenia

  This trial will test whether an 8-week gamified digital rehabilitation program can improve cognitive and social functioning for hospitalized adults with schizophrenia and whether benefits last over 24 months.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07557368

• Mindfulness-based exposure group therapy for people with OCD

  This program tests whether adding structured mindfulness training to exposure therapy helps people aged 16–55 with moderate-to-severe OCD stick with treatment and reduce symptoms.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT07484750

• Lemborexant for insomnia in people with psychiatric conditions

  We will try lemborexant for 8 weeks in adults with psychiatric disorders who have insomnia to see if it helps them sleep better and is safe.

  Recruiting at 9 sites Shanghai Mental Health Center · Suzhou, Jiangsu and 8 other locations · NCT07417813

• Group gaming program for people with hazardous gaming behavior

  This study tries a series of group game activities to help students with hazardous gaming behaviors see if their gaming-related problems improve.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT07363850

• Transcranial electrical stimulation for depression with chronic pain

  This trial tests whether active tACS or tDCS can help reduce pain in people with major depressive disorder and chronic pain, compared with a sham treatment.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality and 1 other locations · NCT07334561

• Temporal interference stimulation to improve social reward function in depression

  This trial will try temporal interference stimulation, a noninvasive brain stimulation, to see if it improves social reward processing and social motivation in people aged 16–60 with major depressive disorder.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, China · NCT07287878

• High-Intensity Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for Gambling Disorder

  This study tests whether HI-tACS can help people with gambling disorder improve their self-control and reduce gambling behaviors.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07228182

• High-intensity brain stimulation to help with alcohol use disorder

  This pilot study tests whether high-intensity transcranial alternating current stimulation (HI-tACS) can help reduce cravings and improve self-control in adults with alcohol use disorder.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT07227545

• Temporal interference stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder

  This project will try noninvasive temporal interference brain stimulation in adults with moderate-to-severe OCD to see if stimulating different deep brain targets reduces symptoms compared with sham.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT07113652

• Dual-target accelerated theta burst brain stimulation for youth with ADHD

  This trial will test whether a fast, dual-target form of noninvasive brain stimulation (accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation) helps 10- to 18-year-olds with ADHD who haven't responded well to medication.

  Recruiting Phase 1/2 Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, None Selected · NCT07084649

• Personalized music using the ISO principle to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.

  This project tests whether personalized playlists that gradually change musical mood (the ISO principle) can help adults experiencing work-, family-, or other-related stress, anxiety, or depression.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Beijing, Beijing Municipality and 1 other locations · NCT07055061

• Predicting bipolar disorder risk in children and teens with family history or atypical depression

  This project will try a prediction model to see if it can identify children and adolescents at high risk for bipolar disorder, including offspring of people with bipolar disorder and youths with atypical depression.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT07031661

• Deep brain stimulation of the anterior limb of the internal capsule and nucleus accumbens for treatment‑resistant OCD

  This trial will test whether turning on deep brain stimulation at 1, 2, or 3 months after surgery changes symptom improvement in adults with treatment‑resistant OCD.

  Recruiting at 10 sites Shanghai Mental Health Center · Guangzhou, Guangdong and 9 other locations · NCT07031544

• Using deep transcranial magnetic stimulation to enhance therapy for anorexia nervosa

  This study is testing if adding a special brain stimulation treatment to therapy can help people with anorexia nervosa feel better and improve their recovery.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06942858

• Family-based CBT self-help program for adolescents with OCD

  This trial will test whether a family-based CBT self-help book plus stable medication helps adolescents aged 10 to 17 reduce OCD symptoms more than medication alone.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Xuhui, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06942494

• Triple-daily 15 mA tACS for adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury

  The researchers will test whether triple-daily 15 mA transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can reduce nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents aged 12–21 by comparing active versus sham stimulation.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06919432

• Using AI to Improve Rehabilitation for Patients with Severe Mental Disorders

  This study is testing if using AI and fun games can help people with severe mental disorders improve their social skills and get back into the community.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT06904079

• Testing Hi-tACS for treating negative symptoms of schizophrenia

  This study is testing if a new brain stimulation treatment can help people with schizophrenia feel better by reducing negative symptoms like lack of motivation and social withdrawal.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06888726

• Using deep transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve insight in high-risk individuals for schizophrenia

  This study is testing if a brain stimulation treatment can help people at high risk for schizophrenia better understand their condition.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06831877

• Personalized rTMS treatment for individuals at high risk of psychosis

  This study is testing a personalized brain treatment called rTMS to see if it can help people at high risk of developing psychosis feel better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT06802952

• Personalized rTMS treatment for patients with persistent auditory hallucinations

  This study is testing a personalized brain treatment using magnetic stimulation to see if it can help people with schizophrenia who hear persistent voices feel better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT06802939

• Pediatric OCD and gut-brain microbiome links in kids on SSRIs

  This study tests whether the gut microbiome and related markers change in children and teens with OCD when treated with SSRIs, and compares those results with kids who have OCD with tic disorders and healthy peers.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06754319

• Combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Brain Stimulation for OCD Treatment

  This study is testing if combining a type of therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a brain stimulation technique can help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder feel better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06717165

• Using deep transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

  This study is testing whether a new type of brain stimulation can help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder feel better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06692114

• Individualized brain stimulation for treating insomnia

  This study is testing whether personalized brain stimulation can help people with insomnia sleep better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06671457

• Using brain stimulation to treat methamphetamine addiction

  This study is testing if a new brain stimulation treatment can help people with methamphetamine addiction feel less cravings and improve their thinking while they are on methadone.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06457230

• Non-invasive brain-computer interface for people with depression

  This study is testing a new brain-computer interface to see if it can help understand depression better by looking at brain and blood changes in people with Major Depressive Disorder.

  Recruiting Phase 4 Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06417437

• Comparing Magnetic Seizure Therapy and Electroconvulsive Therapy for Major Depression

  This study is testing whether Magnetic Seizure Therapy works better than Electroconvulsive Therapy for treating major depression.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06409325

• Exploring brain mechanisms and interventions for gaming disorder

  This study is trying to understand how gaming disorder affects the brain and to see if a new combination of education, therapy, and brain training can help people who struggle with it.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT06208358

• Deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant mental disorders

  This study is testing a new brain stimulation treatment for people with severe mental disorders like OCD and schizophrenia to see if it can help them feel better.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT06112067

• Validation of a mental health model in the Chinese community

  This study is trying to see if a mental health model works well for people in the Chinese community and how their experiences might differ from those in Western cultures.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT06105970

• Long-term monitoring of mental health in community patients with schizophrenia

  This study is tracking the long-term mental health of people with schizophrenia in the community to see how their condition changes over time and what factors might affect their outcomes.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai · NCT05159349

• Evaluating treatment options for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  This study is testing different treatment options for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder who didn't get better with the medication sertraline to see what works best for them.

  Recruiting Phase 2 Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT04539951

• Observational study on long-term treatment of schizophrenia with atypical antipsychotics

  This study is testing how well long-term treatment with certain antipsychotic medications works for people with schizophrenia in China.

  Recruiting Shanghai Mental Health Center · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT02640911

Quick answers

How many clinical trials run by Shanghai Mental Health Center are recruiting right now?

39, as of November 12, 2026. 1 of them was first registered in the last 30 days. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

All of them have sites in China. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 2: 1, Phase 3: 1, Phase 1/2: 1, Phase 4: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.

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