A disorder-specific group cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder in adolescents: study protocol for a randomized controlled study

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common disorder in adolescence associated with extensive distress and long-term impairment. Generic cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) programs for anxiety disorders have shown poorer outcomes for adolescents with SAD than for other anxiety disorders. The aim of the...

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Published in:	Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine 2019-12, Vol.20 (1), p.757-757, Article 757
Main Authors:	Lassen, Nanna Fensman, Hougaard, Esben, Arendt, Kristian Bech, Thastum, Mikael
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescents Anxiety Anxiety disorders Behavior Behavior modification Behavioral medicine Care and treatment Child development Children & youth Clinical trials Cognition & reasoning Cognitive behavior therapy Cognitive disorders Cognitive-behavioral therapy Experiments Feedback Generic drugs Intervention Psychologists Randomized controlled trial Self image Social anxiety Social anxiety disorder Social phobia Study Protocol Teenagers Youth
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Summary:	Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common disorder in adolescence associated with extensive distress and long-term impairment. Generic cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) programs for anxiety disorders have shown poorer outcomes for adolescents with SAD than for other anxiety disorders. The aim of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of a disorder-specific group cognitive behavior therapy (G-CBT) program for youth SAD, the Cool Kids Anxiety Program - Social Enhanced (CK-E), developed at Macquarie University, Sidney, Australia. The study is a randomized controlled trial comparing CK-E to a generic G-CBT program for anxiety disorders. Approximately 96 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years are included with data points at pre- and post-treatment, and at 3 months and 1 year follow-ups. The current study will provide more information about the efficacy of diagnosis-specific G-CBT treatment for youth SAD. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03986827. Registered on 14 June 2019.
ISSN:	1745-6215 1745-6215 1468-6694