View clinical trials related to Social Anxiety Disorder.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to treat individuals with social anxiety disorder with a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the treatment of social anxiety disorder, the antidepressant paroxetine, and to evaluate the impact of an intervention designed to help those individuals cope with anxiety without the use of common coping behaviors.
To add to our understanding of the relationship between blushing, symptom severity and potential mechanisms that underlie blushing in patients with Social Phobia (SP), the investigators propose comparing SP patients' vascular responses to topical m-N pre and post treatment with Seroquel or placebo. Atypical antipsychotics such as seroquel have been used successfully as adjunctive treatments in other anxiety disorders, including PTSD (Labatte, 2001; Krashin & Oates, 1999; McDougle et al., 2000; Pfanner et al., 2000; Bogetto et al., 2000) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Katzman et al., 2005). Responses to the blushing exposure will be assessed prior to and following treatment with seroquel or placebo and at one month following intervention. Levels of prostaglandin will be compared between groups and will also be correlated with symptom severity in the clinical groups. The objective of this randomized, double blind flexible -dose study will be to evaluate the efficacy , safety and tolerability of seroquel SR 50mg to 800mg and placebo in outpatient subjects diagnosed with SP. The study will begin with a single week of Seroquel 50mg or placebo. Subsequently, tablets will be administered by the investigator in a flexible dose fashion during the visits. Patients will be followed up weekly (biweekly after week 6) and at the clinician's discretion. After the fist week the patients' dosage will be increased up to a maximum of 800 mg daily with expected average dose of 300mg dail. This dose will remain fixed after 8 weeks of treatment until week 16.
This multi-centred study will be conducted at three centres. The design will be a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group one. This investigation will evaluate the efficacy of add-on Quetiapine XR (extended release) treatment for patients who meet diagnostic criteria for depressive disorders and one or more comorbid anxiety disorder.
Generalized Social Phobia is characterized by severe social anxiety that leads to functional impairment (Schneider et al., 1992). Despite its high prevalence, many individuals do not receive treatment or are unresponsive to current therapies. Thus there is a clear need to continue to develop highly effective and efficient treatments for social phobia. This three year project aims to test a computerized treatment for social phobia in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to modify interpretation biases that may maintain anxiety.
Generalized Social Phobia is characterized by severe social anxiety that leads to functional impairment (Schneider et al., 1992). Despite its high prevalence, many individuals do not receive treatment or are unresponsive to current therapies. Thus there is a clear need to continue to develop highly effective and efficient treatments for social phobia. This three year project aims to test a computerized treatment for social phobia in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to modify attention biases that may maintain anxiety.
The purpose of this study is to test a drug called d-cycloserine to see if it can help people with a condition called social phobia. Social phobia is also called "social anxiety disorder." Social phobia is a constant fear of social or performance situations. Social situations include group gatherings of any kind. Performance situations might include times when a person would have to do something in public, such as speak up in class or at a meeting. A person with this condition worries about being embarrassed, or about other people's opinions. People with social phobia usually feel extremely anxious (nervous and worried) about being the focus of attention. They often avoid social and performance situations. This behavior can have a negative effect on the quality of their lives and relationships. In this study, we want to find out if d-cycloserine can help control social phobia when the drug is added to the standard treatment for this condition. The standard treatment is cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT). CBT is a form of talk therapy involving discussion with a therapist, along with practicing the feelings or events that the person finds frightening.
The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behaviour therapy program (FRIENDS) for anxiety disorders in children aged 8-15 years who have been referred to child and adolescent mental health clinics in Western Norway.
This study will assess the effectiveness of D-cycloserine combined with cognitive-behavior therapy in treating people with social anxiety disorder.
To add to our understanding of the relationship between blushing, symptom severity and potential mechanisms that underlie blushing in patients with SP, we propose comparing SP patients' vascular responses to topical m-N pre and post treatment with S-citalopram or placebo. S-citalopram (an SSRI) has been widely used in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders as it has shown efficacy in these patients (Lepola et al., 2003; Stahl et al., 2003; Burke et al., 2002; Davidson et al., 2002; Wade et al., 2002). In comparison to placebo, S-citalopram has been shown to be effective and well tolerated in those with short and long term SP (Lader et al 2004; Montgomery et al., 2003; Kasper et al., 2002). As indicated, responses to the blushing exposure will be assessed prior to and following treatment with S-citalopram or placebo and at one month following the intervention. Levels of prostaglandin will be compared between groups and will also be correlated with symptom severity in the clinical groups. Effective psychological interventions that reduced the fear of blushing in individuals with social phobia did not lead to a reduction in actual blushing during a social test (Mulkens et al., 2001). As such, it is expected that the patients' perception of amount of blushing will change following treatment. In addition, we are undertaking an investigation as to whether nican topical administration will change following treatment to match the pattern seen in healthy controls. The objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of S-citalopram 10 to 20 mg once daily (QD) in the treatment of social phobia and to determine if treatment outcome is related changes in intensity of the vasodilatory response to 10 mM topical m-N. This is a randomized, double-blind flexible-dose study evaluating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of S-citalopram 10 to 20 mg and placebo in outpatient subjects diagnosed with SP. At the screening visit those who are eligible will enter a randomized trial with S-citalopram 10 to 20 mg and placebo. The study will begin with a single week of S-citalopram 10 mg. Subsequently, capsules will be administered in a flexible dose fashion and patients will be followed up weekly (biweekly after week 6) and at the clinician's discretion. After the first week the patients' dosage will be increased up to a maximum of 20 mg daily. This dose will remain fixed after 8 weeks of treatment until week 16.
The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of an enteric-coated, eicosapentaenoic acid-concentrated fish oil in the treatment of social phobia. A secondary objective is to determine if treatment outcome is related to plasma phospholipid essential fatty acid status, niacin skin flush and measures of lipid/protein peroxidation.