Cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder.
Research on the treatment of SAD has progressed so that patients have a choice between two empirically supported modalities of treatment: (1) CBT and (2) pharmacotherapy. Current studies suggest that acute outcome for these treatments is approximately equal, or show subtle advantages for pharmacotherapy, but that CBT offers the advantage of strong maintenance of treatment gains and a relatively promising cost-benefit ratio. Despite this good news, there is concern that these modalities of treatment may be underutilized in clinical practice and that an informed choice of which modality of treatment to pursue may be limited by the availability of experienced cognitive-behavioral therapists who treat SAD.
Radomsky
A S
AS
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. radomsky@vax2.concordia.ca
Otto
M W
MW
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D055502:Secondary Prevention