A demonstration of the efficacy of two of the components of cognitive therapy for social phobia.
Cognitive-behavioral treatments have demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of social phobia. However, such treatments comprise a complex set of procedures, and there has been little investigation of the effects of individual procedures. The current study investigates the effects of two single session procedures that form part of cognitive therapy for social phobia [Clark, D., Ehlers, A., McManus, F., Hackmann, A., Fennell, M., Campbell, H., et al. (2003). Cognitive therapy vs fluoxetine in the treatment of social phobia: A randomised placebo controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 1058-1067; Clark, D., Ehlers, A., McManus, F., Fennell, M., Grey, N., Waddington, L., et al. (2006). Cognitive therapy versus exposure and applied relaxation in social phobia: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 568-578], namely the "self-focused attention and safety behaviors experiment" and the "video feedback experiment." Results suggest that both procedures are effective in achieving their aims, which are: (i) demonstrating to patients the role of self-focused attention, safety behaviors, and excessively negative self-impressions in maintaining social phobia and (ii) reducing the symptoms of social phobia.
McManus
Freda
F
University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry & Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. freda.mcmanus@psych.ox.ac.uk
Clark
David M
DM
Grey
Nick
N
Wild
Jennifer
J
Hirsch
Colette
C
Fennell
Melanie
M
Hackmann
Ann
A
Waddington
Louise
L
Liness
Sheena
S
Manley
John
J
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