Social Anxiety Support

lonely_girl · 09-07-2009, 08:29 PM

Researchers in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University are seeking individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder to participate in a treatment study. The purpose of this study is to compare Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy and Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy in the treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder.

If you are between 18 and 65 years of age, and suffer from social anxiety, you may qualify for this study.

To learn more about this study visit:

http://www.ryerson.ca/psychology/socialanxietystudy/

Desperate · 09-07-2009, 08:31 PM

I would love to participate!!! wish they would do that here in San Fransisco..

nothing to fear · 09-07-2009, 10:39 PM

thanks

bbarn · 09-14-2009, 11:29 PM

i remember seeing this study last summer. I had already gone to camh but i wonder how well Mindfulness and Acceptance works.

sublimit · 09-15-2009, 05:40 PM

Thanks for posting this; I've been trying to get into cbt group therapy for a while now with no success. I really haven't researched mindfulness and acceptance-based therapy that much.

whatsername75 · 09-15-2009, 05:50 PM

Hmm interesting...I'd really love to join but I don't live in Toronto.

09-07-2009, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
lonely_girl Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 60	Social Anxiety Treatment Study - Toronto, Ontario Researchers in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University are seeking individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder to participate in a treatment study. The purpose of this study is to compare Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy and Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy in the treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder. If you are between 18 and 65 years of age, and suffer from social anxiety, you may qualify for this study. To learn more about this study visit: http://www.ryerson.ca/psychology/socialanxietystudy/

09-07-2009, 10:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
nothing to fear Status: silence is sexy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 4,842	thanks __________________ everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt. ~ i really like music. and photography, though i'm nothing special.

09-14-2009, 11:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
bbarn Status: on my way to recovery Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 232	i remember seeing this study last summer. I had already gone to camh but i wonder how well Mindfulness and Acceptance works. __________________ “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” - Christopher Columbus

09-07-2009, 08:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Desperate Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Cali Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 358	I would love to participate!!! wish they would do that here in San Fransisco..

09-15-2009, 05:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
sublimit Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 112	Thanks for posting this; I've been trying to get into cbt group therapy for a while now with no success. I really haven't researched mindfulness and acceptance-based therapy that much.

09-15-2009, 05:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
whatsername75 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 352	Hmm interesting...I'd really love to join but I don't live in Toronto.