PMID- 17328961
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071015
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0165-1781 (Print)
IS  - 0165-1781 (Linking)
VI  - 152
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Jul 30
TI  - Temperament and character dimensions in patients with social phobia: patterns of 
      change following treatments?
PG  - 81-90
AB  - The aim of this study was to examine Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) 
      profiles in patients with social phobia (DSM-IV) and to outline patterns of 
      change following intensive group cognitive therapy (IGCT), individual cognitive 
      therapy (ICT) and treatment as usual (TAU). One hundred patients recruited by 
      advertisements in local papers were randomized to IGCT, ICT and TAU. Patients 
      (n=59) who completed diagnostic evaluation and TCI assessments at baseline and 
      1-year follow-up were examined in this study. Patients differed from healthy 
      controls in novelty seeking (NS), harm avoidance (HA), self-directedness (SD), 
      cooperativeness (C), and self-transcendence (ST). Treatments overall were 
      associated with decrease in HA, while increase in SD was observed after 
      psychotherapy only. Reduced social anxiety was correlated with decrease in HA and 
      increase in SD. High HA at baseline was related to poor treatment outcome in all 
      treatments. To conclude, patients with social phobia show a temperamental 
      vulnerability for developing anxiety and character traits associated with 
      personality disorders. Successful treatment is related to decrease in HA and 
      increase in SD. High HA at baseline may suggest a need for extensive treatment in 
      order to achieve remission.
FAU - Mortberg, Ewa
AU  - Mortberg E
AD  - Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry St Goran's Hospital, 
      Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. ewa.j.mortberg@telia.com
FAU - Bejerot, Susanne
AU  - Bejerot S
FAU - Aberg Wistedt, Anna
AU  - Aberg Wistedt A
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070227
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Psychiatry Res
JT  - Psychiatry research
JID - 7911385
RN  - 0 (Antidepressive Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - *Character
MH  - *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Harm Reduction
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internal-External Control
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care
MH  - Personality Assessment
MH  - Phobic Disorders/diagnosis/psychology/*therapy
MH  - *Psychotherapy, Group
MH  - *Temperament
EDAT- 2007/03/03 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/16 09:00
CRDT- 2007/03/03 09:00
PHST- 2006/01/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/07/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/10/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/03/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/16 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/03/03 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0165-1781(06)00317-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychiatry Res. 2007 Jul 30;152(1):81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.003. 
      Epub 2007 Feb 27.