Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESCognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Phobia in Female Adolescents: Results of a Pilot Study
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Subjects
Subjects in this study were 35 socially phobic female adolescents (mean age = 15.8 ± 1.6 years) and 18 non-socially phobic comparison subjects (mean age = 15.2 ± 1.4 years). Both groups were recruited through local advertisements. The socially phobic subjects were required to meet diagnostic criteria for DSM-IV social phobia. Subjects were excluded if they currently had major depression; if they had a current or previous history of panic disorder, agoraphobia, substance abuse, or psychotic
RESULTS
Pretreatment differences across treatment conditions were examined with χ2 tests and t tests. Variables assessed included age, previous history of major depression, and scores on the interference from the ADIS and on the SPAI. There were no significant pretreatment differences across conditions. One subject assigned to CBGT-A did not complete treatment. Excluding this subject, attendance for the 16 weeks of group treatment was 81% averaged across both groups. One subject in the untreated group
DISCUSSION
The results provide support for a moderate short-term effect of CBGT-A for the treatment of social phobia in female adolescents. There were considerable residual social-phobic symptoms at posttreatment in spite of statistically significant improvement. Also, the follow-up evaluation suggests that differences between subjects receiving CBGT-A and those in the untreated condition were not present 1 year later, when social phobia was the primary outcome.
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This research was made possible by grants from the Stanford Center on Adolescence, the W.T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Award (Dr. Hayward), and the Pritzker Consortium (Dr. Schatzberg).