Digital treatment for social anxiety should facilitate care contact

- It is easy for this group to be lost, as the social unrest causes them to withdraw to seek help.

We believe that an internet treatment can increase the chance that you seek care, that it will be easier, says psychologist Julia Persson Saka, who is the coordinator for CBT via the internet in the region.

The pandemic could exacerbate the situation

There is a risk that the pandemic has exacerbated the situation for those struggling with social anxiety, due to social distancing and the lack of social context.

- We already talked before the pandemic that this could be the next step, but it will come very well in time. I also believe that we will see the effects of the pandemic on mental illness in the long run.