If you need support right now
This page includes language about suicide and self-harm, because that is how the trial's eligibility criteria are written. If reading it has been hard, you do not have to keep going. The services below are free, confidential, and answered by people trained for exactly this.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
- Lifeline — 24/7 crisis support: 13 11 14
- Suicide Call Back Service — 24/7 counselling: 1300 659 467
- 13YARN — 24/7, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: 13 92 76
- Beyond Blue — 24/7 mental health support: 1300 22 4636
- Kids Helpline — 24/7, free and private for anyone aged 5 to 25: 1800 55 1800
- headspace — mental health support for 12 to 25 year olds: headspace.org.au
- Emergency: 000
Outside Australia? The numbers above are Australian and will not work from overseas. Find a Helpline is a free directory of crisis lines in over 130 countries, run by ThroughLine with the International Association for Suicide Prevention. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
Voxsanity is not a crisis service, and nothing on this page is medical advice. More Australian services are listed on our support lines page.
If this is close to home
This page includes language about advanced illness, prognosis, or palliative care, because that is how the trial's eligibility criteria are written. Seeing it set out plainly can land hard, whether it is about you or about someone you are caring for. You do not have to be at a crisis point to talk to someone.
- Griefline — grief and loss counselling, 9am to 6pm weekdays and midday to 6pm weekends (AEST/AEDT): 1300 845 745
- Carer Gateway — practical and emotional support if you are caring for someone, 8am to 5pm weekdays: 1800 422 737
- Canteen — for 12 to 25 year olds affected by cancer, their own or a family member's: 1800 945 215
- Palliative Care Australia — directory of palliative care services near you: palliativecare.org.au
- Lifeline — 24/7, for any kind of distress, at any hour the services above are closed: 13 11 14
Palliative care is not the same as giving up on treatment, and it is not only for the last weeks of life. It is symptom and comfort care that can run alongside active treatment, including a clinical trial.
Outside Australia? The numbers above are Australian and will not work from overseas. Find a Helpline is a free directory of support and crisis lines in over 130 countries, run by ThroughLine with the International Association for Suicide Prevention.
Voxsanity is not a counselling or medical service, and nothing on this page is medical advice. More Australian services are listed on our support lines page.
Study for people with Depression and Anxiety
Recruiting Not a phased study
This trial at a glance
Past estimated completion. The registry still lists this trial as open, and the date it gave for finishing has been and gone. Confirm with the official record before you act on it.
Where this trial is running
| Site | City | State or country | Status at this site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contemplative Studies Centre, The University of Melbourne | Carlton | VIC | Recruiting |
voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice
Who can join
The official eligibility criteria
Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Reside in Australia, with no plans to relocate or travel overseas during the intervention period;
* Sufficient comprehension of the English language to complete measures;
* Register for an account and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Unforgettable.Me;
* If suffering anxious or depressive symptoms of moderate severity (defined by \> 19 on the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System \[PROMIS\] Level 2 Anxiety or \> 22 on the PROMIS Level 2 Depression), must agree to continue recommended routine medical treatment for eligible underlying mental and/or physical health conditions or the duration of the study and to seek additional treatment if indicated by deterioration of symptoms;
* No or minimal experience with meditation, defined as less than 25 hours over the past 6 months; never attended a multi-day mindfulness course (e.g., Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Vipassana). If 50% of our target sample size has not bee recruited within the first three months of active recruitment, the inclusion criteria will be broadened to include participants with up to 100 hours in the past 6 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Self-reported current or lifetime serious mental illness (e.g., neurodevelopmental, schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, trauma-related, dissociative or personality disorder);
* Anxious and depressive symptoms in the severe range (defined by \>27 on the PROMIS Level 2 Anxiety or \> 32 on the PROMIS Level 2 Depression);
* Psychological distress symptoms in the severe range (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale \[K10\] \>= 30);
* Threshold scores on pre-screening and follow-up measures exceeded for Mania, Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Repetitive Thoughts \& Behaviors, Dissociation
* Moderate alcohol, tobacco, or drug use;
* Self-reported diagnosis of neurological condition (e.g., traumatic brain injury, amnesia, epilepsy, stroke, etc.);
* Self-reported presence of any serious medical condition (e.g., cancer, thyroid disorder, multiple sclerosis, etc.);
* Recent bereavement or major loss;
* History of unexplored, untreated traumatic experiences or adverse childhood events.
Dates on the record
Results, publications and the official record
- No results are posted on the official record yet.
- No publications are listed on the official record yet.
- Official record and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov – contact details for each site are kept there, and are not copied onto this page.
Sources and dates
- ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
- ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 30 March 2025.
- This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.
Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.
Not medical advice.
Individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.
Letter for your doctor
A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.