Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety and Public Speaking
Reward Processing and Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
Public Speaking Anxiety
Anhedonia
ANXIETY DISORDERS (or Anxiety and Phobic Neuroses)
Phobic Disorders
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 60
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 94 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles · Other
Who this trial is looking for
This trial is looking for people who are anxious in social situations and specifically afraid of public speaking. Participants will try two different treatments to help improve their mood or relaxation before undergoing exposure therapy.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
You may be able to join if
- I have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.
- I fear public speaking.
- I have low reward processing.
- I am age 18-60.
- I speak English fluently.
- I have not been on certain medications recently.
- I have not received certain psychotherapies recently.
You may not be able to join if
- I have had suicidal thoughts with plans in the past year.
- I have a history of suicide attempts.
- I have bipolar disorder or psychosis.
- I have a substance use disorder in the last 6 months.
- I have major respiratory or cardiovascular diseases.
- I am pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria. The full criteria are further down this page — only the research team can confirm whether you qualify.
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About This Trial
The investigators are conducting a clinical trial of therapy for public speaking anxiety. There are many eligibility criteria, but the main ones are that participants need to be socially anxious and have public speaking anxiety. In this clinical trial, all participants will do exposure therapy. Before doing exposure therapy in the study, though, participants will be randomized to do one of two tre…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of social anxiety disorder from the Structural Clinical Interview for DSM 5.
* Elevated fear of public speaking, defined as a score of \>= 66 (+1SD from the mean of population norms on a scale of 17-85) on the Public Speaking Anxiety Scale (PSAS; Bartholomay, E. M., …
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