Intervenções autoguiadas para o Transtorno de Ansiedade Social: uma revisão sistemática

ObjectiveDespite the availability of effective treatments for social anxiety disorder, help-seeking isrestricted. Internet-based treatments reduce access barriers. The main purpose of this literaturereview is to identify and describe self- and minimally guided online interventions for thetreatment of Social Anxiety Disorder.MethodA search with the descriptors “social phobia”; “social anxiety”; “treatment”; “intervention”;“self-help”; “therapy”; “internet”; “online”; “web”; and “e-health” in the Dialnet, PsycINFO,Redalyc, SciELO, and Web of Science databases was carried out, without time delimitation.ResultsA total of 1.359 articles were found and 30 were analyzed. Ten online interventions wereidentified and described. The publications were predominantly from 2009 onwards.ConclusionOverall, the studies point to a significant improvement in social anxiety disorder symptomatologyand maintenance of gains in follow-up studies. No study was found in the Brazilian context.