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  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders relies on inhibitory learning.
  • Understanding predictors of CBT response is crucial for personalized treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if individual differences in inhibitory learning predict CBT responsiveness in social anxiety disorder.
  • To explore the roles of fear generalization and extinction in treatment outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • 128 participants with social anxiety disorder were randomized to CBT or a wait-list control.
  • Fear generalization and extinction were assessed before and after the intervention period.
  • Treatment response was correlated with pretreatment measures of inhibitory learning.

Main Results:

  • Pretreatment fear extinction ability did not predict CBT response, though it changed with treatment.
  • Weaker fear generalization at pretreatment was associated with better CBT response.
  • Specifically, less generalization to similar but safe stimuli predicted enhanced treatment outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Fear generalization, not extinction, is a potential biomarker for predicting CBT response in social anxiety disorder.
  • Identifying individuals with weaker fear generalization may allow for targeted interventions.
  • These findings support a mechanistic approach to patient stratification for CBT.