Social anxiety disorder is a mental illness characterized by anxiety or fear in public or social activities. It often occurs in adolescence or early adulthood and can cause further decline in the patient’s social function. The treatment method for social anxiety disorder mainly focuses on psychological treatment based on the clinical symptoms of patients, supplemented by medication treatment.

42 patients with social anxiety disorder were divided into a control group and an experimental group, with 21 patients in each group. The control group received duloxetine 60mg/d and conventional psychological treatment. The experimental group received digital news communication and psychological identification treatment on the basis of the control group. After 8 weeks of treatment, the treatment effectiveness of patients were evaluated using the Social Avoidance and Distress (SAD) scale.

There was no significant difference in the evaluation of the SAD scale between the two groups of patients before treatment (P>0.05); After 8 weeks of treatment, the SAD scale evaluation showed significant differences (P˂0.05), the SAD scale scores of both groups of patients decreased, and the scores of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.01).

The combination of drug therapy and psychotherapy has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with social anxiety disorder. On this basis, digital news dissemination and psychological identity therapy can enhance the effectiveness of clinical treatment.