Background: This review evaluates the DSM‐IV criteria of social anxiety disorder (SAD), with
a focus on the generalized specifier and alternative specifiers, the considerable overlap …

Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) was officially recognized as a distinct clinical entity
only with the publication of the DSM-III in 1980. Research on the psychopathology of this …

BackgroundDespite heightened awareness of the clinical significance of social phobia,
information is still lacking about putative subtypes, functional impairment, and treatment …

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 …

The primary goal of this research program was to investigate the effectiveness of virtual
reality therapy (VRT) in reducing public speaking anxiety of university students. The …

Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is among the most common (and debilitating) of the
anxiety disorders, and at any given time it effects somewhere between 3 and 5% of the US …

Background: There is a paucity of data examining the prevalence and impact of childhood
maltreatment in patients presenting with a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder …

Context Medication and cognitive behavioral treatment are the best-established treatments
for social anxiety disorder, yet many individuals remain symptomatic after treatment …

BACKGROUND: Excessive fear of scrutiny is a defining feature of social anxiety disorder.
Eye contact may trigger feelings of being scrutinized, and although eye contact is commonly …