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Lead
University of Delaware
With
Penn State University
Age
18–30
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
All participants will be 18-30 yrs.
Healthy non-depressed men and women will have no history or evidence of psychiatric illness and will not have a family history of MDD or major psychiatric illness.
Men and women with MDD will have symptomatic depression that meets diagnostic criteria and will be non-medicated.
The capacity and willingness to provide written informed consent, to attend all study related visits, and to comply with the study protocol.
You may not be if
Subjects will be excluded at the discretion of the PI/collaborating clinician or for any of the following reasons:
psychiatric illness aside from MDD (including current or past psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder)
subthreshold depression
current use of psychotropic medications (including major classes of antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers)
active suicidal or homicidal ideation
active substance dependence or eating disorders
current use of any medications that could alter sympathetic reactivity
diagnosed or suspected cardiovascular, renal, or metabolic disease (hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia)
autonomic disorders
tobacco use (including electronic cigarettes)
obesity (body mass index \> 30 kg/m2)
breastfeeding or pregnancy
\<18 or \>30 yrs
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