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CBT, Psychodynamic Therapy Appear to Benefit Social Anxiety Disorder in Long Term, Study Finds

Both cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy appear to be efficacious in treating social anxiety disorder, in both the short term and long term, according to the report, "Long-Term Outcome of Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Social Anxiety Disorder," published online yesterday in AJP in Advance.German researchers, led by Falk Leichsenring, D.Sc., of the Clinic of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at Justus-Liebig University Giessen, last year reported the short-term results of a comparison of the two therapies in the American Journal of Psychiatry, in which both were found more...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Tuesday, 15 July