Posted by Kon on January 15, 2004, at 0:56:34
In reply to Re: Does CBT really helps with SP? I need experiences, posted by Pam DaMonium on January 14, 2004, at 23:34:34
>Study after study has shown the efficacy of CBT, especially among those motivated to get well who will do the work required.
Not to question the value of CBT as I'm sure it works very well for some but I'm a bit more sceptical about its succcess rate after looking at the literature. For instance here are the improvement values when comparing different medications to CBT in a fairly recent(Federoff, 2001)review. The review included about 28 CBT studies:
Self-reported social anxiety improvement score:
Benzos ~2.1
SSRIs ~1.7
CBT ~0.8
Placebo ~0.4Observer-rated social anxiety improvement score:
Benzos ~3.2
SSRIs ~1.5
CBT ~1.8
Placebo ~1.1
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