Geodon for the Treatment of Refractory Social Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion Criteria

• •current DSM-IV diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, mental retardation or other pervasive developmental disorder, or cognitive disorder due to a general medical condition
• •any current primary anxiety disorder other than SAD
• •current primary depression
• •history of substance abuse or dependence within the last 3 months
• •suicide risk or serious suicide attempt within the last year
• •clinically significant medical condition or laboratory or EKG abnormality
• •women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice an acceptable method of contraception
• •patients needing concurrent use of psychotropic medications
• •history of hypersensitivity to sertraline or ziprasidone
• •recent (less than 2 months) initiation of psychotherapy for SAD
• •history of failure to respond to augmentation with an adequate trial of an atypical antipsychotic
• •patients who are currently taking any of the following medications: Erythromycin, Biaxin, Avelox, Zithromax, Amantadine, Levaquin, Tamoxifen, Tegretol, Nizoral, and Levitra