Effective factors of cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder. Zhang Xinkai, Zhang Mingyuan, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200030, Wu Wenyuan, Tongji University affiliated Tongji Hospital, Shanghai, 200443
[Abstract] Objective To explore the effective factors of cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Methods SAD suffers met DSM-IV for SAD criteria at Shanghai Mental Heath Certer were received the group. Each therapy group was 6-8 persons. The therapy schedule was 2.5 hours each Sunday morning for 8 weeks including cognitive restructuring, relax training, social skill training, systemic exposure therapy and exposure in vivo, assignment of homework in each session. The effects evaluation was conducted by two therapists with Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS), accounting total scores, fear factor and aviodancd factor scores. Effective factors of CBGT for SAD were divided biological, disorder and psychosocial factors. Statistics analysis was used paired T test and logistic analysis. Results In 58 cases, LSAS total scores, fear factor scores and avoidancd factor scores in before and in after treatment, had significantly difference. 19 factors may significantly affect the response in CBGT for SAD. Conclusion It is good effects to the participants with SAD for CBGT, but there were several effective factors in CBGT for SAD.
Key words social anxiety disorder, cognitive behavioral group therapy, effective factor
实践已经证明,认知行为集体治疗(Cognitive behavioral group therapy,CBGT)对社交焦虑障碍(Social anxiety disorder,SAD)有很好的治疗效果[1-4],但也有患者的治疗效果不尽人意[5,6]。为了进一步了解SAD的CBGT的影响因素,我们对在上海市精神卫生中心CBGT治疗SAD患者两年治疗实践基础上,对其治疗效果的影响因素作进一步的分析。
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