A randomised controlled trial of brief cognitive therapy for social phobia (social anxiety disorder)

Completed

• Conditions: Social Phobia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Phobias

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11178360
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

To be included in the trial, patients must meet the following criteria:
1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for social phobia
2. Duration of at least six months
3. Social phobia considered to be the patient's main problem
4. Age 18 to 65 years
5. No psychotropic medication or on a stable dose for at least two months without symptomatic improvement and willing to keep dosage constant during the trial
6. Agree not to start any additional non-protocol treatment during the trial
7. Willing to accept random allocation

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded if they also met the following criteria:
1. Current alcohol or substance dependency (abuse but not dependency is acceptable)
2. Current or past psychosis
3. Borderline personality disorder (other personality disorders are not a reason for exclusion)
4. Unable to read English
5. Social phobia previously treated with an adequate course of an appropriate course of cognitive behaviour therapy or exposure therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified