Personalized networks of social anxiety disorder and depression and implications for treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) often co-occur; however, there is limited research evaluating how cognitive-affective and behavioral factors maintain SAD and MDD for specific individuals. Evidence suggests that individuals exhibit symptom-level heterogeneity, necessitating a person-specific approach to assessment and intervention. We compared group and person-specific models of SAD-MDD comorbidity and hypothesized that individuals would demonstrate person-specific patterns of comorbidity factors that differed from the group.

Methods

Cisgender women (N = 35) with SAD and a current or past major depressive episode were recruited. Ages ranged from 18 to 37 years old and a majority of women were White (n = 18; 51.43%). Brief ecologi

SUBMITTER: Piccirillo ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8690310 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature