Two-year longitudinal case study of intensive exposure treatment in an adolescent girl with social anxiety disorder

Kristine Haukeli; Klara Edlund

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5588

Two-year longitudinal case study of intensive exposure treatment in an adolescent girl with social anxiety disorder

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Mar 17;10(3):e05588. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5588. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Kristine Haukeli¹, Klara Edlund^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Uppsala University Hospital Uppsala Sweden.
² Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Epidemiology Center Department of Health Promotion Science Sophiahemmet University Stockholm Sweden.
³ Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health Institute of Environmental Medicine Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden.

Abstract

The purpose was to adapt the "Bergen 4-Day Treatment" for severe social anxiety disorder and to study the 28 months follow-up effects for a 16-year-old girl. It was delivered over three full days. At post-treatment, 48% reduction in symptoms, she no longer met the diagnostic criteria for SAD.

Keywords: adolescent; cognitive‐behavioral therapy; intensive exposure; social anxiety; the Bergen four day treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports