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A Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Applied to a Social Anxiety Disorder and a Specific
Phobia, Case Study
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Tsitsas GD
; Paschali AA
Health Psychol Res
2014[Nov]; 2
(3
): 1603
PMID26973946
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George, a 23-year-old Greek student, was referred by a psychiatrist for treatment
to a University Counseling Centre in Athens. He was diagnosed with social anxiety
disorder and specific phobia situational type. He was complaining of panic
attacks and severe symptoms of anxiety. These symptoms were triggered when in
certain social situations and also when travelling by plane, driving a car and
visiting tall buildings or high places. His symptoms lead him to avoid finding
himself in such situations, to the point that it had affected his daily life.
George was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder and with specific phobia,
situational type (in this case acrophobia) and was given 20 individual sessions
of cognitivebehavior therapy. Following therapy, and follow-up occurring one
month post treatment, George no longer met the criteria for social phobia and
symptoms leading to acrophobia were reduced. He demonstrated improvements in many
areas including driving a car in and out of Athens and visiting tall buildings.
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