Building Closer Friendships in Social Anxiety Disorder
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This study assesses whether a 4-week computerized intervention can be used to decrease fear of intimacy, and loneliness and improve perceived social support in people with Social Anxiety Disorder.
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This study hopes to assess whether a month long computerized intervention aimed at giving people skills to form closer friendships. Participants will be randomized into an active treatment condition or a wait list control. We hypothesize that 1) participants in the treatment condition will have lower fear of intimacy at post treatment than those in the waitlist condition 2) participants in the treatment condition will have lower levels of loneliness than those in the waitlist condition 3) participants in the treatment condition will have higher perceived social support than those in the waitlist condition.
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- Social Anxiety Disorder Diagnosed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
- Social Phobia Inventory Score >19
- Stable psychotropic medication for the past month and kept stable for duration of study
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- Currently participating in therapy
- Current Substance Dependence
- Bipolar Disorder or psychotic illness
- Current suicidality (imminent risk)
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55 participants in 2 patient groups
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