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 …

We review the available treatments for social anxiety disorder, focusing primarily on
psychotherapeutic interventions for adults, but also giving briefer summaries of …

The terms pampering and spoiling have roots within early psychoanalytic literature, and over
time they have become a part of the vernacular. This entry will focus on pampering/spoiling …

REVIEWS personality disorders tend to view themselves as incompetent; antisocial people
feel vulnerable; people with borderline personalities feel powerless and devalued while …

The current paper presents a model of the experience of anxiety in social/evaluative
situations in people with social phobia. The model describes the manner in which people …

Background. The present study provides data on the reliability, validity and treatment
sensitivity of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), one of the most commonly used …

The Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS) is a commonly used clinician-administered
instrument. The present study reports on the properties of a self-report version of the LSAS …

This volume presents the first published manual for cognitive-behavioral group therapy for
social phobia (CBGT), an empirically supported treatment approach that has been applied in …

Objective: We sought to determine optimal cutoff values for the Liebowitz Social Anxiety
Scale (LSAS) total and subscale scores for the diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (SAD) …

OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted a meta-analysis to address the effectiveness of
psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of personality …