Anxiety Disorder Effects Of Cognitive Behavior Therapy...

Hedman et al. (2013) have written article â€Å"Shame and Guilt in Social Anxiety Disorder: Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Association with Social Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms† about how research on whether or not cognitive behavior therapy, CBT, can reduce internal shame in patients with social anxiety disorder, SAD. The authors attempt to convince the audience that this research is important by explainig the seriousness of this disease, the complexity of the treatment, and by using a few adapting strategies. This article appears in PLOS magazine which is the largest journal in the world for scientific articles (Media kit). Hedman et al. (2013) make a convincing argument that previous studies, while quite good, have failed to†¦show more content†¦The study is about how two groups of individuals the first group is individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder and the second group is the healthy controls. These two groups were asked to take a variety tests, th ese tests measured levels of shame and guilt, social anxiety levels, depressive symptoms, and diagnostic assessment as to whether or not the individuals met the criteria for SAD (Hedman et al., 2013, p. 1). After these two groups were given these tests, all individuals with SAD were given cognitive behavior treatment. One group was given group therapy and another group was given individual therapy. After therapy was given these individuals had a one year follow up where they take the same tests they took before treatment. The results were statistically analyzed. The conclusion from this studied that CBT did improve the effect internal shame in individuals with SAD, even though CBT does not directly target internal shame. This research article appears in the PLOS ONE Journal. PLOS ONE has articles on new research in a variety of scientific fields. PLOS ONE also caters to millions of people around the world, and as a bonus is free (PLOS ONE). Since the millions of people who read articles from this journal come from a variety of disciplines the articles in these journals have to be interesting and capture the