scholarly journals A 5-Year Follow-up of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Hedman ◽  
Tomas Furmark ◽  
Per Carlbring ◽  
Brjánn Ljótsson ◽  
Christian Rück ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior

Imagery-enhanced v. verbally-based group cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized clinical trial

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. McEvoy ◽  
Matthew P. Hyett ◽  
Samantha R. Bank ◽  
David M. Erceg-Hurn ◽  
Andrew R. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Temporary Increase ◽  
Cognitive Behavior

Abstract Background Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is effective for most patients with a social anxiety disorder (SAD) but a substantial proportion fails to remit. Experimental and clinical research suggests that enhancing CBT using imagery-based techniques could improve outcomes. It was hypothesized that imagery-enhanced CBT (IE-CBT) would be superior to verbally-based CBT (VB-CBT) on pre-registered outcomes. Methods A randomized controlled trial of IE-CBT v. VB-CBT for social anxiety was completed in a community mental health clinic setting. Participants were randomized to IE (n = 53) or VB (n = 54) CBT, with 1-month (primary end point) and 6-month follow-up assessments. Participants completed 12, 2-hour, weekly sessions of IE-CBT or VB-CBT plus 1-month follow-up. Results Intention to treat analyses showed very large within-treatment effect sizes on the social interaction anxiety at all time points (ds = 2.09–2.62), with no between-treatment differences on this outcome or clinician-rated severity [1-month OR = 1.45 (0.45, 4.62), p = 0.53; 6-month OR = 1.31 (0.42, 4.08), p = 0.65], SAD remission (1-month: IE = 61.04%, VB = 55.09%, p = 0.59); 6-month: IE = 58.73%, VB = 61.89%, p = 0.77), or secondary outcomes. Three adverse events were noted (substance abuse, n = 1 in IE-CBT; temporary increase in suicide risk, n = 1 in each condition, with one being withdrawn at 1-month follow-up). Conclusions Group IE-CBT and VB-CBT were safe and there were no significant differences in outcomes. Both treatments were associated with very large within-group effect sizes and the majority of patients remitted following treatment.

Processes in cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder: Predicting subsequent symptom change

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 102118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Santoft ◽  
Sigrid Salomonsson ◽  
Hugo Hesser ◽  
Elin Lindsäter ◽  
Brjánn Ljótsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
Symptom Change
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