Conditions: Phobic Disorders
Keywords: Phobias Anxiety Disorders D-Cycloserine Phobic Disorders Mental Disorders Heights Acrophobia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 40
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of post-session administration of D-cycloserine to enhance fear extinction in a sample of people with acrophobia who will be treated with CBT.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Participants will receive placebo augmented cognitive behavioral therapy arm 2: Participants will receive D-Cycloserine augmented cognitive behavioral therapy

Interventions: intervention 1: Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention 2: D-Cycloserine intervention 3: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: The aim of CBT is to help participants become more comfortable with heights situations. Participants will receive 2 sessions over two weeks of individual CBT. intervention 2: D-Cycloserine intervention 3: Sugar Pill

Protocol document: