Cognitive Therapy is The Best Solution For Social Anxiety Disorders
In the present time, social phobia is the most common anxiety disorder. Norwegian university of Science and Technology says that they have set a world record in treating social anxiety disorders.
Psychologists Examined The Effects Of Structure Talk Therapy On Social Anxiety Disorders Patients
Till today cognitive therapy and medication were considered as the most effective treatment for such patients. But the research conducted in Manchester concluded that cognitive therapy on its own has a better effect in the long run as compared to the drugs or combination of both, Medical Xpress reports.
About 85 percent of the patients participating in the study became completely healthy while using the cognitive therapy. This study can be considered as the best ever research on social anxiety disorders. Almost 10 years were consumed in this research.
Drugs can worsen The problem
Reports on Science Daly suggest that happy pills like SSRIs may have strong physical side effects. In case a patient wishes to decrease the intake of medicines he comes across issues like shivering, dizziness and flushing. Hence the social situation tends to return. Patient instead of cognitive therapy pay more attention towards medicines and they become dependent on pills. The research has proved that while learning effective techniques patients can improve their anxiety themselves.
Doctors often combine pills and talk therapy which is good for patients suffering from depression. It has opposite effect on patients suffering from social anxiety disorders.
NTNU Researchers Really Set A World Record
These researchers recognized methods to treat social anxiety disorders. There were three groups, the first group took medicines, and the second group preferred therapy and the third group considered both therapy and medicine. It was concluded after one year that patients who preferred therapy were faring the best.
It is also noticed that many patients are unable to get adequate treatment and experts opine that 12 percent of the population might be affected by the social anxiety disorders in their lifetime.
