A randomized controlled trial of a web-based treatment for social phobia

INTERVENTION: 1. Web‐based cognitive‐behavioral treatment (10 weeks) 2. 10 week wait‐list control condition Patients initially allocated to wait will subsequently receive the web‐based cognitive‐behavioral treatment. CONDITION: Social phobia ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders ; Social phobia PRIMARY OUTCOME: The following will be performed at pre‐assessment (baseline), post‐assessment (at 10 weeks) and follow‐up (at 6 months):; 1. Social Phobia Scale; 2. Social Interaction Scale; 3. Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale SECONDARY OUTCOME: The following will be performed at pre‐assessment (baseline), post‐assessment (at 10 weeks) and follow‐up (at 6 months):; 1. Symptom Check List (SCL‐90‐R); 2. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); 3. State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); 4. Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP); 5. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM‐IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for social phobia. Assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (SCID IV) 2. Patients are included if the cut off score is reached on the Social Phobia Scale and Social Interaction Scale 3. Age 18 to 35 4. Willing to accept random allocation