Intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Study

Effect of intensive cognitive behavioural therapy on severity of symptoms in people with social anxiety disorder: A pilot study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000888662

Enrollment

Registered

2014-08-21

Start date

2014-08-25

Completion date

2014-12-05

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study is intended to investigate the efficacy of intensive cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder. The effect of this intervention will be analysed, and participants will be questioned about the acceptability of the intensive treatment format. The results of this study will hopefully inform us of any benefit of intensive individual CBT for the treatment of social anxiety disorder.

Interventions

Participants will complete three therapy sessions per week over four weeks (a total of 12 sessions). Therapy sessions will be delivered one-on-one by a provisional psychologist and the duration of sessions will be 60 minutes. The content of sessions will follow common cognitive-behavioural treatments for social anxiety disorder, including psycho-education, cognitive restructuring and behavioural experiments. A treatment manual will be developed for use in this study. The methods used will aim to reduce social anxiety symptoms such as maladaptive thoughts about social situations (cognitive restructuring), and beliefs about catastrophic consequences of behaviour in social contexts (behavioural experiments). The aim of this study is for participants to experience a reduction in symptoms sooner, and potentially increase efficacy of CBT for social anxiety disorder by reducing the timeframe in which treatment is delivered.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

14 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Aged over 14. Able to attend treatment sessions three times per week for four weeks at the University of Tasmania Psychology Clinic. Primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder.

Exclusion criteria

Current suicidal intent or plans.

Outcome results