Psychotherapy in social anxiety disorder and alterations in neural processing (PANDA) – pilot study

Recruiting

Conditions: F40.1
Social phobias

Registration Number: DRKS00020743

Lead Sponsor: AB Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, FB Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Freie Univerisät Berlin

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

We will recruit participants between 18-65 years, from a patient population that is diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (F40.1). Participants will be diagnosed according to DSM-5 criteria, based on the SKID-I, axis 1: anxiety disorder section. Participants from the healthy control will be between 18-65 years old and will be included if they do not suffer under any mental disorder according to DSM-5 criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded if they suffer from a current severe depression with or without psychotic symptoms (F32.2, F32.3, F33.2 or F33.3), current borderline or antisocial personality disorder, current suicidality, current life-time schizophrenic spectrum disorder, manic disorder (F2x.x) and bipolar (F31.x), current substance dependency (alcohol, heroin, amphetamin, cocain; at least 12 months), current severe neurological disorder of the central nervous system, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiac disease, Body Mass Index >35 or <18, pregnancy, speaking impairment, non-correctible vision and hearing impairments, regular intake of benzodiazepinen or Betablocker within the last 7 days, Tricyclic antidepressant with a dosage of > 50mg per day, neuroleptics with a dosage of > 30% of the daily dosage.

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of patients with SAD and healthy controls between social-evaluative conditions:<br>Working memory performance, electrodermal activity, heart rate, PANAS self-report

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ASI-3 (Anxiety Sensitivity Index)<br>BDI-2 (Beck’s Depression Inventory)<br>PSS-10 (Perceived Stress Scale)<br>DERS (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale)