Titre
Drug abusers suffering from social phobia show more avoidance tendencies than patients with social phobia alone
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Rougemont-Bücking, A.
Auteure/Auteur
Zimmermann, G.
Auteure/Auteur
Stankovic, M.
Auteure/Auteur
Borgeat, F.
Auteure/Auteur
Zullino, D.F.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
1752-3281
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Volume
1
Numéro
2
Première page
135
Dernière page/numéro d’article
142
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Background: Comorbidity between social anxiety disorder (SAD) and substance use disorder (SUD) is elevated but little is known about the role of avoidance with regard to the aetiology and maintenance of these disorders. Aims: The objective of the study was to compare patients with SAD and comorbid SUD with patients suffering from SAD only with regard to fear and avoidance symptoms. Methods: Thirty patients presenting SAD and comorbid SUD were recruited by the local Substance Abuse Unit, and 26 patients with SAD only were identified within the general population by the research team. All patients were asked to answer the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Results: Patients suffering from SAD and SUD showed a higher avoidance/total score ratio. Avoidance contributed at mean to 49.7% (±4.9%) of the total score in patients with SAD and SUD, whereas its mean contribution was 46.5% (±3.1%) in patients with SAD only (effect size 0.77). Conclusions: Avoidance tendencies appear to be more prominent in patients suffering from SAD and SUD. Focusing on avoidance may be of interest for clinical practice and for research when investigating the cognitive and behavioural bottom structure of patients suffering from SAD and comorbid SUD.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_1077F24EB5FE
Date de création
2008-05-21T09:04:18.049Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T13:50:46Z