Computer-Based Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion Criteria

• •Present or past psychotic episode, psychotic disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder
• •Current severe depression
• •Suicidal ideation or behavior
• •Current diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, manic episode or tic disorder
• •Current or past organic mental disorder, seizure disorder, epilepsy or brain injury
• •Current unstable or untreated medical illness
• •Severe alcohol use disorder, severe cannabis use disorder, and any severity of other substance use disorder (except nicotine use disorders allowed)
• •Use of psychiatric medication in the past month other than a stable dose of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for a least 3 months
• •Any concurrent cognitive behavioral therapy; other psychotherapy that was initiated in the past 3 months
• •Pregnancy, or plans to become pregnant during the period of the study - will be assessed by urine
• •Contraindication to MRI scanning:
• •Paramagnetic metallic implants or devices contraindicating magnetic resonance imaging or any other non-removable paramagnetic metal in the body (e.g. pacemaker, paramagnetic metallic prosthesis, surgical clips, shrapnel, necessity for constant medicinal patch, some tattoos)
• •Being unable to tolerate the scanning procedures (i.e., severe obesity, claustrophobia)