Cognitive Biases Modification Treatment for Social Anxiety
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Social Phobia
- Sponsor
- Tel Aviv University
- Enrollment
- 95
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) - diagnostic interview
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Adults with Social Phobia will be randomly assigned to either an attention bias modification treatment, interpretation bias modification treatment, both, or a placebo control condition not designed to change cognitive bias patterns.
Outcome measures will be social anxiety symptoms and severity as measured by gold standard questionnaires as well as diagnosis of social phobia disorder and symptom counts derived from structured clinical interviews based on DSM-IV criteria.
The investigators expect to find significant reduction in social anxiety symptoms in the Treatment groups relative to the placebo control group. The investigators want to find out the relative efficacy of attention and interpretation oriented treatments and the combination of the two.
Investigators
Yair Bar-Haim
Study Principal Investigator
Tel Aviv University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •People suffering from social anxiety
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pharmacological or Psychological treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) - diagnostic interview
Time Frame: Expected time frame of 6 weeks per participant. Participants will be assessed before and after the administration of the training/control protocols
LSAS is a 24-items clinician-administered scale developed for the assessment of fear and avoidance associated with social. The LSAS assesses a wide range of both social interaction and performance/observation situations, which are rated for degree of fear/anxiety and frequency of avoidance.
Secondary Outcomes
- The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).(expected time frame of 6 weeks per participant. Participants will be assessed before and after the administration of the training/control protocols)