NCT04450303

Social Anxiety Telehealth Therapy Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially increased the risk of adverse mental health outcomes; while physical distancing is required to reduce infection risk, it also increases loneliness and isolation and prevents access to traditional in-person therapy, which further contribute to risk of adverse mental health outcomes. These problems may be especially acute for individuals with social anxiety disorder (as many as 12% of Americans), however there is a limited evidence-base for telehealth options to directly address social anxiety. This project aims to adapt exposure therapy for social anxiety to a telehealth and physical distancing-compatible intervention, and test whether this effectively decreases loneliness in adults with elevated social anxiety.

Conditions

• Social Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telehealth CBT	The Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) program is an evidence-based, computer-assisted protocol for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety, depression, and/or post-traumatic stress. CALM will be implemented via secure and HIPAA compliant video-conferencing software (enterprise Zoom), following modifications to address obstacles associated with physical distancing and the tele-health medium.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-30
• Primary completion: 2021-06-02
• Completion: 2021-06-02
• First posted: 2020-06-29
• Last updated: 2021-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States