Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18-60 (full criteria)
Location
at UCLA
Dates
study started
study ends around
Principal Investigator
by Tomislav D Zbozinek, PhD (ucla)Michelle G Craske, PhD (ucla)

Description

Summary

The investigators are conducting a clinical trial of therapy for public speaking anxiety. There are many eligibility criteria, but the main ones are that participants need to be socially anxious and have public speaking anxiety. In this clinical trial, all participants will do exposure therapy. Before doing exposure therapy in the study, though, participants will be randomized to do one of two treatments: i) a positive mood treatment, which is designed to increase how positive people feel, and ii) a relaxation treatment, which is designed to help people feel more relaxed. The investigators are doing this study to see whether doing the positive mood treatment or relaxation treatment first will affect how well exposure therapy works.

Official Title

Reward Processing and Exposure Therapy

Details

Keywords

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia), Public Speaking Anxiety, Anhedonia, ANXIETY DISORDERS (or Anxiety and Phobic Neuroses), Phobic Disorders, Exposure Therapy, Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Reward Processing, Inhibitory Retrieval, Positive Affect Treatment, Relaxation Treatment, Anxiety Disorders, Social Phobia, Positive Affect Treatment - Behavioral (PAT-B)

Eligibility

Locations

  • University of California, Los Angeles accepting new patients
    Los Angeles California 90024 United States
  • University of California, Los Angeles accepting new patients
    Los Angeles California 90024 United States

Lead Scientists at University of California Health

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Links
NIMH K23 grant
ID
NCT06776991
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 94 study participants
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