Most of the time, medication is the first recommendation you will get from your doctor as a social phobia treatment. But, if you are familiar with this blog, you know that medication and drugs are a last resort for almost anything. They often have awful side effects (so your social phobia is not so bad but you can’t keep your eyes open or you gain 3 pounds a week), they are addictive, and the minute you stop taking them – Here comes social anxiety again.
The next option is of course therapy. But how can you know what to choose? Psychotherapy (interpersonal therapy) or cognitive therapy?
A new research has the answer you were looking for, so here it is:
Social Phobia Treatment – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy?
Most of the time, medication is the first recommendation you will get from your doctor as a social phobia treatment. But, if you are familiar with this blog, you know that medication and drugs are a last resort for almost anything. They often have awful side effects (so your social phobia is not so bad but you can’t keep your eyes open or you gain 3 pounds a week), they are addictive, and the minute you stop taking them – Here comes social anxiety again.
The next option is of course therapy. But how can you know what to choose? Psychotherapy (interpersonal therapy) or cognitive therapy?
A new research has the answer you were looking for, so here it is:
Social Phobia Treatment – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Interpersonal Therapy?
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