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New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 Is common, underdiagnosed, impairing, and treatable The hallmark of social anxiety disorder is extreme and persistent fear of embarrassment and humiliation.1 People with this condition (which is also known as social phobia) often avoid participating in social and public activities, such as public speaking, social gatherings, or meetings.
Franklin R. Schneier
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Gaze perception in social anxiety and social anxiety disorder [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013 Clinical observations suggest abnormal gaze perception to be an important indicator of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Experimental research has yet paid relatively little attention to the study of gaze perception in SAD.
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Comorbidity in social anxiety disorder: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
Drugs in Context, 2019 Comorbid disorders are highly prevalent in patients with social anxiety disorder, occurring in as many as 90% of patients. The presence of comorbidity may affect the course of the disease in several ways such as comorbidity in patients with social ...
Ahmet Koyuncu +3 more
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South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2013 According to epidemiological studies, rates of social anxiety disorder(SAD) or social phobia range from 3% to 16% in the generalpopulation.[1,2]Social phobia and specific phobias have an earlier ageof onset than other anxiety disorders.
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Antidepressants in social anxiety disorder [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2001 Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a marked and persistent fear of doing almost everything in front of people due to concerns about being judge by others.
Antonio E. Nardi
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The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Theories of anxiety disorders and phobias have ascribed a critical role to avoidance behavior in explaining the persistence of fear and anxiety, but knowledge about the role of avoidance behavior in the maintenance of anxiety in social anxiety disorder ...
Myriam Rudaz +4 more
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Social anxiety disorder: A review of environmental risk factors
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2008 Christina A Brook, Louis A SchmidtDepartment of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaAbstract: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a debilitating and chronic illness characterized by persistent fear of one or
Christina A Brook, Louis A Schmidt
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SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER IN DSM‐5 [PDF]
Depression and Anxiety, 2014 With the publication of DSM-5, the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder (SAD, also known as social phobia) have undergone several changes, which have important conceptual and clinical implications. In this paper, we first provide a brief history of the diagnosis. We then review a number of these changes, including (1) the primary name of the
R. Heimberg +7 more
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The Lancet, 2008 Our understanding of social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) has moved from rudimentary awareness that it is not merely shyness to a much more sophisticated appreciation of its prevalence, its chronic and pernicious nature, and its neurobiological underpinnings.
Dan J. Stein +2 more
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JMIR Mental Health, 2021 BackgroundAlthough it has been well demonstrated that the efficacy of virtual reality therapy for social anxiety disorder is comparable to that of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy, little is known about the effect of virtual reality on ...
Hur, Ji-Won +9 more
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