Condition (MeSH)
Mental Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov lists 49,171 trials for Mental Disorders or a narrower condition beneath it. VA Office of Research and Development has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 573.
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Trials per phase (log scale)
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1,726 of the 49,171 trials are tagged with Mental Disorders itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.
When did Mental Disorders trials start? (37)
Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year. 190 trials are registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.
Trials over time, by phase
- Phase 1
- Phase 1/2
- Phase 2
- Phase 2/3
- Phase 3
- Phase 4
- Not applicable
- Observational
- Other (Unknown)
Top of scale: 3,784
Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 3,258 |
| 2025 | 3,597 |
| 2024 | 3,784 |
| 2023 | 3,430 |
| 2022 | 3,276 |
| 2021 | 3,202 |
| 2020 | 2,535 |
| 2019 | 2,546 |
| 2018 | 2,330 |
| 2017 | 2,017 |
Showing 10 of 37 earlier years.
Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 4,100 trials starting in 2026 and about 3,700 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward, with about 0.7 times the starts already registered for the rest of 2026 added. The rows of this table count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. In backtests on conditions of this size, forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 10 percent and ran about 4 percent high against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 25 percent and ran about 15 percent low against the count later registered, and had about 7 percent more error than repeating last year's count. The part-way figures are from forecasts that used a multiple fitted only on earlier years. A stricter check that trains only on older years did not support adding planned starts for conditions of this size: it ran about 6 percent high against the count later registered. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored.
Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 5,023 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 21 months across 30,225 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
What phase are Mental Disorders trials in? (10)
Shown in this order: phase order.
Show the trials by phase as a table
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 2,833 |
| Phase 1/2 | 741 |
| Phase 2 | 4,280 |
| Phase 2/3 | 650 |
| Phase 3 | 2,993 |
| Phase 4 | 2,926 |
| Not applicable | 25,902 |
| Observational | 8,822 |
| Expanded access | 23 |
| Unknown | 1 |
How many Mental Disorders trials are recruiting? (12)
Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.
| Status | Trials |
|---|---|
| Not yet recruiting | 2,566 |
| Recruiting | 5,959 |
| Enrolling by invitation | 592 |
| Active, not recruiting | 1,600 |
| Available | 6 |
Showing 5 of 12 statuses.
Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.
Which lead sponsors run the most Mental Disorders trials? (4)
Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.
| Sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| VA Office of Research and Development | 573 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | 342 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 275 |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 271 |
Which drugs are being tested for Mental Disorders? (5)
Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| PMI-150 (intranasal ketamine) | 275 |
| Aripiprazole | 255 |
| METHYLPHENIDATE | 236 |
| DEXMEDETOMIDINE | 223 |
| Buprenorphine | 155 |
Interventions as named in the registry (10)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Treatment As Usual | 557 |
| IR Risperidone | 305 |
| IR (Immediate-Release) quetiapine fumarate (drug) | 265 |
| Escitalopram Pill | 223 |
| IM olanzapine | 217 |
Showing 5 of 10 interventions.
These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.
Which serious adverse events do Mental Disorders trials report? (10)
Shown in this order: most subjects affected first. Subjects affected summed across trials, a cross-trial signal, not a rate.
| Adverse event | Subjects affected | Trials |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Visits, post-index | 5,380 | 1 |
| Emergency Visits, pre-index | 5,169 | 1 |
| Hospitalizations, post-index | 2,533 | 1 |
| Hospitalizations, pre-index | 2,419 | 1 |
| Schizophrenia | 2,139 | 202 |
Showing 5 of 10 adverse events.
Which publications cover Mental Disorders? (4,786)
Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.
| Publication | Journal | Year | Major topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| An external facilitation case study analysis of an implementation trial of FLOW: A program for improving the transition of patients with mental health disorders back to primary care. | Psychological services | 2026 | Yes |
| Mental health trajectories of adolescents treated with psychotropic medications: insights from the european milestone study. | Molecular psychiatry | 2026 | Yes |
| From Care to Motion: Physical Activity Advice in Mental Health Nursing Practice-A Cross-Sectional Observational Study. | Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing | 2026 | Yes |
| Who Wants to Have an AI Therapist? Acceptance of Using Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health Interventions Among Clinicians, Patients and the General Community. | Clinical psychology & psychotherapy | 2026 | Yes |
| Community versus institutionalised care for people with severe mental illness in five countries in Southeast Europe: pooled analysis of five randomised trials. | BMJ global health | 2025 | Yes |
Showing 5 of 4,786 publications.
Sub-conditions in MeSH (18)
MeSH descendants one level down with at least one trial, most trials first.
+8 more sub-conditions
Not on this page
Not measured: delivery record.
Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence and rare-disease identity.