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

King's College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (UK)0 sites90 target enrollmentMarch 30, 2006

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Not specified
Sponsor: King's College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (UK)
Enrollment: 90
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

March 30, 2006

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sponsor

King's College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (UK)

•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

•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