Active clinical trials for "Phobia, Social"

Depression and anxiety are common mental health problems. There are effective treatments for depression and anxiety and one of these is talking therapies using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). In recent years CBT has been transferred to online delivery methods and these interventions have proven successful for people being treated with symptoms of depression and anxiety. The current study will utilise a randomised controlled trial design, where the majority (n=240) of participants will be allocated to the immediate treatment (internet-delivered CBT for either depression or anxiety), and a smaller number (n=120) will be allocated to a waiting list. The waiting list group will receive treatment after an eight week wait. This design helps us to understand that any changes in symptoms in the treatment group will be likely due to the treatment they received compared to the waiting list. A sample size of 360 participants is proposed and has been adjusted to ameliorate against patient dropout. Follow-up and maintenance of any positive changes in symptoms is very important in CBT for depression and anxiety, simply because some people can have a relapse of symptoms. We will therefore follow-up the treatment group for 3, 6, 9 and 12 months to assess maintenance of positive gains from treatment. The study also seeks to investigate the cost effectiveness of the treatments.

This placebo-controlled study is designed to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of vortioxetine in the treatment of adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) that is comorbid with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). Half of the subjects will be randomized to receive vortioxetine and the other half will receive placebo.

The main aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of a disorder specific group cognitive behavior therapy (G-CBT) program for youth SAD, the, Cool Kids Anxiety Program - Social Enhanced (CK-E), developed at Macquarie University, Sidney, Australia. Furthermore, the study will examine how well this program fares against generic CBT treatment.

To investigate the efficacy and acceptability of a guided internet-delivered transdiagnostic intervention targeting repetitive negative thinking for individuals with elevated levels of depression and generalized anxiety disorder (mild to moderate clinical symptoms) vs a wait-list control group (WLCG). To investigate the hypothesized mechanism of change: Repetitive negative thinking is reduced first, and consequently the clinical symptoms (depression and/or anxiety) decrease.

To explore the efficacy of drugs combined with virtual reality exposure therapy in the treatment of phobias compared with single drug treatment.

Objectives To test the effectiveness and acceptability of an augmented internet-supported transdiagnostic intervention in Romania. To assess the cost-effectiveness of the Internet version of the transdiagnostic program as compared to a standard treatment/usual care.

Experiences of violence, from micro to physical aggressions, have a deleterious impact on mental health. According to the Minority Stress Theory, unfavorable social conditions (such as anticipated and experienced discrimination and internalized homophobia), mediated by resilience strategies, can lead to mental health or illness. Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) face stigma and discrimination aggravating multiple aspects of their lives: from school drop-out to halting health care access. SGM reveal avoiding medical assistance for fear of discrimination while health professionals disclose feeling unprepared to handle SGM health needs. There are two main challenges: 1) developing specific psychological interventions to reduce the impact of stigma and discrimination on SGM' mental health; and 2) training public health professionals to properly address SGM needs. Therefore, the present trial aims to assess the efficacy of a brief, self-guided, on-line, asynchronous and unsupervised psychological intervention in improving SGM' mental health.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Vilazodone is effective in the treatment of symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder among adults.

Other psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, often co-occur with adult ADHD; with 85% of ADHD patients having at least one other psychiatric condition. The presence of a co-occurring anxiety disorder has been associated with additive clinical effects, leading to more global impairment, poorer outcome, greater resistance to treatment and increased costs of illness. Stimulants are effective first-line treatments for adult ADHD patients, however the literature has mostly examined these treatments in pure ADHD populations (i.e. without other psychiatric disorders). Thus, there is little information to guide physicians in making treatment decisions for patients with ADHD and a co-occurring condition. This trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylphenidate hydrochloride controlled release capsules (Foquest) in treating adults aged 18-65 years with DSM-5 ADHD with and without a co-occurring anxiety disorder.The study uses a 14-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over design.

The study aims at examining the effects of additional training in manualized cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on outcome in routine psychotherapy for social phobia. The investigators will investigate how CBT, specifically the treatment procedures and manuals proposed by Clark and Wells (1995), can be transferred from controlled trials into the less structured setting of routine clinical care, and whether the health care system benefits from such developments. Private practitioners (N=36) will be randomized to one of two treatment conditions (i.e., training in manualized CBT vs. treatment as usual without specific training). The investigators plan to enroll 160 patients (80 per condition) to be able to detect differences of d=.50 between conditions at 1-beta=.80, given the drop-out rate of 25% (N=116 completers; N=58 per condition). The study is genuinely designed to promote faster and more widespread dissemination of effective interventions. The following research questions can be examined: (1) Can manualized CBT be successfully implemented into routine outpatient care? (2) Will the new methods lead to an improvement of treatment courses aned outcomes? (3) Will treatment effects in routine psychotherapeutic treatments be comparable to those of the controlled, strictly manualized treatment of the main study?