Self-rating scales
Pain, depression, Depression, Disability, SAD
SECONDARY
As the secondary outcome measure for SAD, we use the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) [We also use the German version of the Social Cognitions Questionnaire (SCQ, German version: SPK) [Symptoms of depression and general psychological distress will be assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory Fast Screen (BDI-FS) [To assess the quality of life, we will use specific domains of the WHO-QOL-BREF [To measure the amount of distress caused by the mental illness, we used the Pain and Disability Index (PDI) [To assess if individual learning styles influence treatment effects, we included Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (LSI) [Treatment satisfaction will be measured by using the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) [Finally, we will also assess negative side effects which are specific to patients with SAD. Drawing on the results of Boettcher et al. [