The impact of social skills training for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Highlights • Social effectiveness therapy (SET) and exposure therapy are efficacious for the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). • At posttreatment, 67% of patients treated with SET and 54% treated with exposure therapy no longer met diagnostic criteria for SAD. • SET was superior to exposur...

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Published in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2014-12, Vol.28 (8), p.908-918
Main Authors: Beidel, Deborah C, Alfano, Candice A, Kofler, Michael J, Rao, Patricia A, Scharfstein, Lindsay, Wong Sarver, Nina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Analysis of Variance
Anxiety Disorders - therapy
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Exposure therapy
Female
Generalized social anxiety disorder
Humans
Implosive Therapy - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Phobia
Phobic Disorders - therapy
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Effectiveness Therapy
Social Skills
Social skills training
Treatment of social anxiety disorder
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
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Summary:Highlights • Social effectiveness therapy (SET) and exposure therapy are efficacious for the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). • At posttreatment, 67% of patients treated with SET and 54% treated with exposure therapy no longer met diagnostic criteria for SAD. • SET was superior to exposure therapy on measures of social skill and general clinical status. • Changes for both treatment groups were clinically, as well as statistically, significant.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.09.016