Neural connectivity during affect labeling predicts treatment response to psychological therapies for social anxiety disorder

Although psychological treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD) can be highly effective for some individuals, a large number of patients (as many as 55%; Loerinc et al., 2015) fail to respond to treatment, or retain residual symptoms or impairment following treatment. The ability to predict which individuals are likely to respond to which treatments not only informs individual treatment choices, but also elucidates the mechanisms of treatments themselves. Existing work in this domain has begun to identify a set of characteristics, determined by self-report, clinician assessment or task performance, that are predictive of responses to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders (Schneider et al., 2015).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research