Selank Improves Social Anxiety Symptoms and Social Cognition: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Ramazanov NN, Khvedelidze AA, Gusev EI.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2011 · n = 96
Key finding
Selank reduced LSAS scores by 18.2 versus 3.1 for placebo (p<0.001); improved emotion recognition accuracy by 34%.
Summary
RCT in patients with social anxiety disorder assessing selank effects on fear of social evaluation and social cognitive performance.
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