A randomized trial of interpersonal therapy versus supportive therapy for social anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 542-553

  Lipsitz, Joshua D ^a,b   Gur, Merav ^a   Vermes, Donna ^a   Petkova, Eva ^a   Cheng, Jianfeng ^a   Miller, Nina ^a   Laino, Joseph ^a   Liebowitz, Michael R ^a   Fyer, Abby J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical trial; Interpersonal; Psychotherapy; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL THERAPY; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 46049083994     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20364     Document Type: Article

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