Impact of cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder on the neural dynamics of cognitive reappraisal of negative self-beliefs: randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) is thought to enhance cognitive reappraisal in patients with SAD. Such improvements should be evident in cognitive reappraisal-related prefrontal cortex responses.

Objective

To determine whether CBT for SAD modifies cognitive reappraisal-related prefrontal cortex neural signal magnitude and timing when implementing cognitive reappraisal with negative self-beliefs. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial of CBT for SAD vs wait-list control group during a study that enrolled patients from 2007 to 2010.

Setting

University psychology department.

Participants

Seventy-five patients with generalized SAD randomly assigned to CBT or wait list.

Intervention

Sixteen sessions of individual CBT

SUBMITTER: Goldin PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4141477 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature