Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia (SP), refers to a common mental disorder in which patients are afraid of doing things in front of others or engaging in social activities in public. If exposed to this environment, patients may experience anxiety or panic attacks. At present, the main psychological methods for treating social anxiety disorders in clinical practice include cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, analytical therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, Morita therapy, and so on.

This study focused on 130 students with generalized social anxiety disorder, who were divided into two groups. A control group of 75 individuals received conventional cognitive behavioral therapy. The experimental group adopted cognitive behavioral therapy combined with mental health education content. Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) was used for diagnosis in the experiment.

The experimental results showed that before intervention, the two groups exhibited corresponding symptoms of interpersonal sensitivity, terror, anxiety, and hostility. After a 12-day intervention, the experimental group showed lower scores in terms of sensitivity, terror, anxiety, and hostility compared to the control group.

Based on the preliminary results of this study, it can be inferred that cognitive behavioral therapy combined with mental health education is an effective method for treating social anxiety disorder.

The independent innovation Fund project for doctoral students of Xinjiang Normal University (No. XJNUJKYA2108).