Understanding and treating social phobia.(Practice & Theory)

Journal of Counseling and Development;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Social phobia is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical...and Heimberg (1997) suggested that social phobia can best be understood on a continuum...spectrum (indicating mild social anxiety), social phobia is in the middle (moderate social anxiety...

Alcoholics with and without Social Phobia: A Comparison of Substance Use...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...SOCIAL PHOBIA is an anxiety disorder characterized...by others (Liebowitz et al., 1985). Social phobia has an early age of onset, typically...and the majority of individuals with social phobia experience symptoms prior to age 16...

Extreme shyness may be social phobia, experts say

University Wire;  March 6, 2000 ;     516 words ......avoiding them. Extreme shyness is known as social phobia - a persistent, irrational fear of...closely watched or judged by others. "Social phobia is the third most prominent psychological...Anxiety Disorders Association of America, social phobia can be triggered by specific ...

How can we overcome social phobia?

The Hindustan Times;  January 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......presentation in front of an audience. But social phobia, as a disorder, goes much beyond that...social level with familiar people. Social phobia, also called social anxiety, is a disorder...everyday social situations. People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and ...

Is everyone staring at me?

New Straits Times;  April 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Education Column: Hometruths Memo: (STF) - Social phobia is debilitating. MANVEET KAUR examines...to interact with others? People with social phobia constantly feel all eyes are upon them...anxiety about being noticed. For some, social phobia is very specific - they may fear ...

Some experts say drug makers, doctors too quick to medicate social...

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......much as any psychiatric condition, social phobia straddles a blurry line between official...traits. On the surface, sufferers of social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder...while shyness describes a temperament, social phobia can be a debilitating condition. People...

Social phobia takes toll in fear and loneliness

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 5, 1999 ;     697 words ......This isn't being shy or coy. This is social phobia and the illness can be debilitating...Health (NIMH) says that people with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic...actions. People with severe forms of social phobia (or social anxiety disorder) have a...

Fearing Others: The Nature and Treatment of Social Phobias

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......56.95 Reviewer rating: Good Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder...experience that the boundaries of social phobia are not absolutely clear. They...confronted with the fact that social phobia rarely presents as a solitary...

Fighting fear Help is available for people who suffer from obsessive-...

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  August 6, 2001 ;     670 words ...Help for OCD, social phobia Therapy group to start - Valeo Behavioral Health...who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia, Outsmarting OCD and Social Phobia, which will start Aug. 13. For more information...

Social Self-Reappraisal Therapy for Social Phobia: Preliminary Findings

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......literature suggests that individuals with social phobia overestimate social standards and are...adequately address all of these features of social phobia during treatment. We discuss here an...cognitive-behavioral treatment for social phobia, which is expressly designed to address...

Commentary Knowing the signs of social phobia

Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  October 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......children claim that truancy is because of social phobia. Others claim their child has panic...attend school on certain days. Both social phobia and panic disorder are serious problems...nothing to do with either condition. Social phobia and panic disorder are both real conditions...

Is pharmacotherapy useful in social phobia?(Cochrane Briefs)

American Family Physician;  May 1, 2005 ;     392 words ......are the effects of medications for social phobia? Evidence-Based Answer In adults, medications may improve the symptoms of social phobia in the short term, but their usefulness...side-effect profile. Practice Pointers Social phobia affects about 5.3 million Americans...

Cures for social phobia.(includes related article on shyness)

The Futurist;  December 1, 1998 ;     674 words ......may become debilitating in adulthood. Social phobia is increasingly viewed as a mental...is both treatable and preventable. Social phobia goes beyond shyness: It is the extreme...authors of Shy Children, Phobic Adults. Social phobia is more prevalent than once thought...

Social Phobia: Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Social Phobia: Clinical Application of Evidence-Based...first part provides an introduction to social phobia and consists of three chapters outlining...assessment, a model for understanding social phobia and rationale for treatment, and a...

Social Phobia Among University Students and Its Relation to Self-Esteem...

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Objective: To demonstrate the prevalence of social phobia and its relation to body image and...Interview Schedule-III-Revised (DIS-III-R) Social Phobia Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale...test. Results: Lifetime prevalence of social phobia among university students was 9.6...