1. School-Based Intervention for Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder: Results of a Controlled Study
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Carrie Masia-Warner, Paige H. Fisher, Mary Guardino, Jose Alvir, Heather C. Dent, Rachel G. Klein, and Anne Marie Albano
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Male ,Parents ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Self Disclosure ,Adolescent ,Psychological intervention ,Severity of Illness Index ,Peer Group ,law.invention ,Randomized controlled trial ,Adolescent Psychiatry ,law ,Intervention (counseling) ,Severity of illness ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Humans ,Social Behavior ,Psychiatry ,School Health Services ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Social anxiety ,Peer group ,medicine.disease ,Anxiety Disorders ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Treatment Outcome ,Adolescent Behavior ,Psychotherapy, Group ,Self-disclosure ,Female ,New York City ,Psychology ,Anxiety disorder ,Follow-Up Studies ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Social anxiety disorder, whose onset peaks in adolescence, is associated with significant impairment. Despite the availability of effective treatments, few affected youth receive services. Transporting interventions into schools may circumvent barriers to treatment. The efficacy of a school-based intervention for social anxiety disorder was examined in a randomized wait-list control trial of 35 adolescents (26 females). Independent evaluators, blind to treatment condition, evaluated participants at preintervention, postintervention, and 9 months later. Adolescents in the intervention group demonstrated significantly greater reductions than controls in social anxiety and avoidance, as well as significantly improved overall functioning. In addition, 67% of treated subjects, compared to 6% of wait-list participants, no longer met criteria for social phobia following treatment. Findings support the possible efficacy of school-based intervention for facilitating access to treatment for socially anxious adolescents.
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- 2005
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