Endogenous in-session cortisol during exposure therapy predicts symptom improvement: Preliminary results from a scopolamine-augmentation trial.

Abstract:

:The purpose of this study was to explore whether individual differences in glucocorticoid concentrations were associated with symptom improvement following exposure therapy for patients with social anxiety disorder. To do this, 60 participants with social anxiety disorder completed a randomized-controlled trial of exposure therapy, where participants were randomized to receive scopolamine-augmentation or placebo during their 7 exposure sessions. Scopolamine is an antimuscarinic which blocks the effects of acetylcholine and reduces autonomic arousal. During sessions 1, 4, 7, and during the post-treatment extinction assessment, participants provided up to 16 saliva samples (4 in each session). Pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 1-month follow-up, participants completed the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale to monitor change in fear and avoidance symptoms. Elevated endogenous in-session cortisol during exposure sessions was associated with less symptom improvement from pre- to post-treatment and at 1-month follow-up. The association between elevated endogenous in-session cortisol and attenuated symptom change was not moderated by scopolamine treatment condition. Individuals with social anxiety disorder who have elevated neuroendocrine signaling may under-benefit from exposure therapy. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to examine whether endogenous in-session cortisol concentrations predict symptom changes following exposure therapy for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. More investigation of non-invasive and reliable biological markers that explain variability in responses to effective treatments are needed.

journal_title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

authors

Kuhlman KR,Treanor M,Imbriano G,Craske MG

doi

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104657

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-06-01 00:00:00

pages

104657

eissn

0306-4530

issn

1873-3360

pii

S0306-4530(20)30076-7

journal_volume

116

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