Abstract

CARNEIRO, Luís Manuel Oliveira. Depression and social phobia: a clinical case study of cognitive-behavioral therapy evaluation and intervention. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.3, pp. 1020-1039. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n3p1020-1039.

The aim of this paper is to present the results of a cognitive-behavioral therapy clinical case report of a young man with domestic violence issues. The subject shows depressive symptoms that affect him on a personal, academic and social level. Furthermore, he shows fear and anxiety about several social situations in which he may fall under the scrutiny from other people, and worries about the likelihood of behaving in an embarrassing manner. With the psychological assessment, the subject was diagnosed with depression and social phobia, and cognitive-behavioral therapy based on Beck´s Cognitive Model of Depression and Clark & Wells’s Cognitive Model for Social Anxiety were started off. The results of the intervention were positive, indicating the importance of cognitive-behavioral therapy in this kind of disorders.

Keywords : Depression; Social phobia; Psychological assessment; Cognitivebehavioral therapy; Clinical case study.

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