Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Social Phobia

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Social Anxiety Disorder

In brief

This randomized clinical trial compares virtual reality exposure therapy to exposure group therapy to a waiting list control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02379949

Run by

Georgia State University

People needed

97

Starts

2004-08-01

Expected to finish

2007-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Speakers of English meeting DSM-IV (APA, 2000) criteria for a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder
• Self-identifying public speaking as their primary social fear
• Participants were required to be stabilized on psychoactive medication(s) and dosage(s) for 3 months.

You may not qualify if…

• history of mania, schizophrenia, or psychosis
• current suicidal ideation, alcohol, or substance dependence
• inability to tolerate the virtual reality helmet/environment
• history of seizures
• concurrent psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder

Where it is running

• Georgia State University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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