Evaluating a Web-Based Social Anxiety Intervention Among Community Users: Analysis of Real-World Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety is both harmful and prevalent. It also currently remains among the most undertreated major mental disorders, due, in part, to socially anxious individuals' concerns about the stigma and expense of seeking help. The privacy and affordability of computer-aided psychotherapy interventions may render them particularly helpful in addressing these concerns, and they are also highly scalable, but most tend to be only somewhat effective without therapist support. However, a recent evaluation of a new self-guided, 7-module internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy intervention called Overcome Social Anxiety found that it was highly effective.

Objective

The initial evaluation of Overcome Social Anxiety revealed that it led to significant reductions in s

SUBMITTER: McCall HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329899 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature