Examining Long-Term Effects and Neural Mediators of Behavioral Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder

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Conditions studied: Social Anxiety Disorder

In brief

This study will compare the effects that two types of behavioral therapy have on brain function in people with social anxiety disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00872820

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

50

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Meets diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder
• Right-handed
• If taking medications, stabilized on current dose for 3 months
• If undergoing psychotherapy, stabilized for 6 months
• Speaks English

You may not qualify if…

• Currently undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy
• History of psychiatric hospitalization in the last 5 years
• Presence of serious medical condition, such as respiratory, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, or muscular-skeletal disease or pregnancy
• Active suicidal ideation
• Current severe depression
• History of bipolar disorder, psychosis, mental retardation, or brain damage
• History of substance abuse or dependence in the last 6 months
• Presence of irremovable metal objects in the body that are not fMRI-safe
• Suffers from claustrophobia

Where it is running

• UCLA Psychology Department - Franz Hall — Los Angeles, California, United States

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