Adolescents' experience of receiving internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a debilitating condition that usually begins in adolescence. We recently demonstrated preliminary efficacy of an internet-delivered therapist-assisted version of Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) for adolescents called Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy for Adolescents (OSCA). Here we report on the helpfulness, support, and overall acceptability of OSCA from the perspective of trial participants.

Methods

Participants were 17 young people aged 15-18 years who had participated in a trial of OSCA. Post-treatment, participants completed an online treatment acceptability questionnaire and took part in a semi-structured interview to gain an understanding of their experience of OSCA.

Results

Overall, there wa

SUBMITTER: Leigh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10502334 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature