Willemijn Scholten, Adrie Seldenrijk, Adriaan Hoogendoorn, Renske Bosman, Anna Muntingh, Eirini Karyotaki, Gerhard Andersson, Thomas Berger, Per Carlbring, Tomas Furmark, Stéphane Bouchard, Philippe Goldin, Isabel Kampmann, Nexhmedin Morina, Nancy Kocovski, Eric Leibing, Falk Leichsenring, Timo Stolz, Anton van Balkom, Neeltje Batelaan
IMPORTANCE: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) can be adequately treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). However, there is a large gap in knowledge on factors associated with prognosis, and it is unclear whether symptom severity predicts response to CBT for SAD. OBJECTIVE: To examine baseline SAD symptom severity as a moderator of the association between CBT and symptom change in patients with SAD. DATA SOURCES: For this systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis (IPDMA), PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched from January 1, 1990, to January 13, 2023...
August 1, 2023: JAMA Psychiatry