Open AccessEfficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy with paroxetine and paroxetine only for social anxiety disorder: A behavioral, placebo-controlled study
Author(s) -
Narendranath Samantray,
Nilamadhab Kar,
Preeti Singh,
Sarada Prasanna Swain,
Amool Ranjan Singh,
Suprakash Chaudhury,
Jashobanta Mahapatra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_13_19
Subject(s) - paroxetine , placebo , psychology , social anxiety , cognitive behavioral therapy , anxiety , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , psychiatry , physical therapy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , antidepressant
Individually, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and paroxetine (PX) are considered as frontline treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, the possibility of combined interventions of these might be more helpful than either intervention alone has met with mixed reviews. Hence, the goal of the current study was to examine whether combining CBT + PX would be superior to PX alone in the treatment of SAD in various stages of treatment.