Feasibility of an Intensive, Disorder-Specific, Group-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention for Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder.

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1275332 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-3327 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0009398X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 1999- : New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Original Publication: New York, Behavioral Publications

Phobia, Social*/therapy ; Phobia, Social*/psychology ; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*; Humans ; Female ; Adolescent ; Male ; Feasibility Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Australia

This study examined the preliminary acceptability and efficacy of an intensive, group-based, disorder-specific cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention for adolescents with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Fourteen Australian adolescents with SAD (78.6% female, M age = 13.93 years) and their parents completed the program plus measures of treatment satisfaction, and provided feedback. Clinical interviews and surveys were administered pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 6-month follow-up to determine diagnostic status and assess related variables. Post-treatment satisfaction scores were very high for adolescents and parents. Post-treatment, 32.3% of participants no longer met criteria for SAD diagnosis, increasing to 42.9% at follow-up. Participants showed sizeable reductions in comorbid diagnoses, significant improvements in global functioning, social anxiety symptoms, and internalising symptoms from pre- to post-treatment (maintained at follow-up), and significant improvements in social skills and social competence from pre-treatment to follow-up. This study supports the use of an intensive CBT program for adolescents with SAD.
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Keywords: Adolescent psychopathology; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Psychotherapy; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Date Created: 20211020 Date Completed: 20230303 Latest Revision: 20230502

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