Evaluating a Web-Based Social Anxiety Intervention Among University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment rates for social anxiety, a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition, remain among the lowest of all major mental disorders today. Although computer-delivered interventions are well poised to surmount key barriers to the treatment of social anxiety, most are only marginally effective when delivered as stand-alone treatments. A new, Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention called Overcome Social Anxiety was recently created to address the limitations of prior computer-delivered interventions. Users of Overcome Social Anxiety are self-directed through various CBT modules incorporating cognitive restructuring and behavioral experiments. The intervention is personalized to each user's symptoms, and automatic email reminders and time limits

SUBMITTER: McCall HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885061 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature