Posted by woolav on October 19, 2004, at 10:17:34
Hi, Just an FYI to others with SP, I found this info about ineffective treatments..Thought it was interesting...
Many forms of therapy that are still commonly used have not been found to be helpful in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.
Relaxation therapy teaches individuals techniques to decrease anxiety. It has actually been studied carefully and found to be not helpful. In some situations it can even make social anxiety worse.
Beta-blockers have been found to be helpful for performance social anxiety disorder, but have not been found to be helpful for the generalized type of social anxiety disorder.
Many types of psychodynamic psychotherapy and hypnosis have not been systematically studied for their effectiveness in treating social anxiety disorder. Almost all forms of psychotherapy that are helpful involve some form of exposure to social situations.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was tried in the past as a treatment for social anxiety disorder. A great majority of the time, ECT was ineffective; it usually benefited only those patients whose social anxiety was associated with a major depression. As ECT relieved the depression, the social anxiety also decreased.
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