Social Phobia Statistics
Health Encyclopedia: Social Phobia
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Treatment
The goal of treatment is to help the person function effectively. The success of the treatment usually depends on the severity of the phobia.
Systematic desensitization is a technique used to treat phobias. The person is asked to relax, then imagine the components of the phobia, working from the least fearful to the most fearful. Graded real-life exposure has also been used with success to help people overcome thei...
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Expert & Community Posts
National Anxiety Organizations in the USA and Canada
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Health Guide
Eileen Bailey on Agoraphobia
...will require another person to be with them when leaving their homes. Agoraphobia differs from social anxiety disorder in that intense anxiety feelings are not limited only to social... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...U.S. Studies have reported a prevalence of 7 - 12% in Western nations.Age and Phobias. The onset of social anxiety disorder is usually in adolescence, although most people with this disorder are... Read more »ADAA on Social Anxiety
Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is an intense, persistent fear of being scrutinized and negatively evaluated by others in social or performance situations. The 15 million... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Introduction
...order to avoid confronting feared situations and places.Social Phobia. Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, is the fear of being publicly scrutinized and humiliated and is... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Other Treatments
...combination of CBT and sertraline.Both individual and group treatments work well. (However, people with social phobia may do better in individual sessions.) Several recent studies also indicate... Read more »Images
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