title: Social anxiety disorder treatments: psychosocial therapies.
abstract: Controlled clinical trials in social anxiety disorder (SAD) have shown benefit with the use of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapies as well as incorporation of combined therapeutic modalities. This article briefly summarizes the literature on the outcome of group and individual cognitive-behavioral therapy for SAD and concludes that individual therapy is superior to group therapy. Finally, the article discusses comorbidity of depression and SAD and its implications for cognitive-behavioral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA. foa@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Edna B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Foa
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs