[SOPHO-NET - a research network on psychotherapy for social phobia].
This paper presents the Social Phobia Psychotherapy Research Network (SOPHO-NET). SOPHO-NET is among the five research networks on psychotherapy funded by "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung". The research program encompasses a coordinated group of studies of social phobia. In the central project (Study A), a multi-center randomized controlled trial, refined models of manualized cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and manualized short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) are compared in the treatment of social phobia. A sample of n=512 outpatients will be randomized to either CBT, STPP or wait list. For quality assurance and treatment integrity, a specific project has been established (Project Q). Study A is complemented by four interrelated projects focusing on attachment style (Study B1), cost-effectiveness (Study B2), polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene (Study C1) and on structural and functional deviations of hippocampus and amygdala (Study C2). Thus, the SOPHO-NET program allows for a highly interdisciplinary research of psychotherapy in social phobia.
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Falk
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Abteilung Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie der Universität Giessen, Ludwigstrasse 76, 35392 Giessen. Falk.Leichsenring@psycho.med.uni-giessen.de
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D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000191:economics / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012106:Research