Augmenting Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Social Anxiety

In brief

This study will examine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to improve outcomes from exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder, and facilitate extinction of fear responding toward individuals outside one's own ethnic group (i.e., ethnic out-group members).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03743571

Run by

University of Nevada, Reno

People needed

33

Starts

2019-04-02

Expected to finish

2020-03-05

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older (adult)
• Enrolled in higher education (post-high school)
• Elevated public speaking anxiety as indicated by self-report questions
• NOT currently receiving in exposure therapy for social anxiety

You may not qualify if…

• History of seizure or any other neurological diagnosis
• Has any metal in their skull (plates, steel sutures, etc.)
• Participant is currently taking anti-convulsant, sedative/hypnotic, or antipsychotic medications
• Participant is pregnant
• Participant has already participated in a prior tDCS/tACS study on the same day as study visit 1 (which will involve either placebo or active/anodal tDCS stimulation)

Where it is running

• University of Nevada, Reno — Reno, Nevada, United States

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