Prevalence and incidence studies of anxiety disorders: a systematic review of the literature

JM Somers, EM Goldner… - The Canadian Journal …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To present the results of a systematic review of literature published between 1980
and 2004 reporting findings of the prevalence and incidence of anxiety disorders in the …

Social phobia: overview of community surveys

T Furmark - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Social phobia has in recent years been recognized as a considerable public
health concern. This paper presents an overview of community studies that have estimated …

Depression, anxiety and their comorbidity in the Swedish general population: point prevalence and the effect on health-related quality of life

R Johansson, P Carlbring, Å Heedman, B Paxling… - PeerJ, 2013 - peerj.com
Background. Depression and anxiety disorders are major world-wide problems. There are
no or few epidemiological studies investigating the prevalence of depression, generalized …

Social fears and social phobia in the USA: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

AM Ruscio, TA Brown, WT Chiu, J Sareen… - Psychological …, 2008 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDespite heightened awareness of the clinical significance of social phobia,
information is still lacking about putative subtypes, functional impairment, and treatment …

Point prevalence of psychiatric disorders during the second trimester of pregnancy: a population-based study

L Andersson, I Sundström-Poromaa, M Bixo… - American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the point prevalence of psychiatric
disorders during the second trimester of pregnancy in a population-based sample of …

[HTML][HTML] Digital biomarkers of social anxiety severity: digital phenotyping using passive smartphone sensors

NC Jacobson, B Summers, S Wilhelm - Journal of medical Internet research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Social anxiety disorder is a highly prevalent and burdensome condition.
Persons with social anxiety frequently avoid seeking physician support and rarely receive …

Epidemiology and natural course of social fears and social phobia

HU Wittchen, L Fehm - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To summarize epidemiological studies providing data on prevalence, incidence,
comorbidity, natural course, risk factors and consequences of social phobia (SP). Method …

Virtual reality exposure therapy for adolescents with fear of public speaking: a non-randomized feasibility and pilot study

S Kahlon, P Lindner, T Nordgreen - Child and adolescent psychiatry and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) is a common anxiety with onset in
adolescence and early adulthood. With the advent of consumer virtual reality (VR) …

Size and burden of social phobia in Europe

L Fehm, A Pelissolo, T Furmark, HU Wittchen - European …, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper provides a critical review of the prevalence of social phobia in European
countries, a description of associated disability and burden and of clinical correlates and risk …

Common changes in cerebral blood flow in patients with social phobia treated with citalopram or cognitive-behavioral therapy

T Furmark, M Tillfors, I Marteinsdottir… - Archives of general …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Background Neurofunctional changes underlying effective antianxiety treatments are
incompletely characterized. This study explored the effects of citalopram and cognitive …