Specific social phobia
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Mental health professionals often distinguish between generalized social phobia den specific social phobia.[1] People plus generalized social phobia get great distress insyd a wide range of social situations. Those plus specific social phobia fi experience anxiety per insyd a few situations.[1] De term "specific social phobia" sanso fi refer to specific forms of non-clinical social anxiety.
De most common specific social phobia be glossophobia (de fear of public speaking) den stage fright (de fear of performance). Odas dey include fears of intimacy anaa sexual encounters, using public restrooms (paruresis), attending social gatherings, using telephones, den dealing plus authority figures.
Specific social phobia fi be classified into performance fears den interaction fears, i.e., fears of acting insyd a social setting den interacting plus oda people, respectively. De cause of social phobia no be definite.[2]
Symptoms of social phobia fi occur insyd late adolescence wen youths highly dey value de impressions dem give off to dema peers. Clinical experience of de prognosis of social phobia dey show say e fi prolong for chaw years buh dat e dey improve by mid life.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 Crozier, W. Ray; Alden, Lynn E. International Handbook of Social Anxiety: Concepts, Research, and Interventions Relating to the Self and Shyness. New York John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (UK), 2001. ISBN 0-471-49129-2.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Carla A.; Chavira, Denise A.; Stein, Murray B. (2009). "Recent Findings in Social Phobia among Children and Adolescents". The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences. 46 (1): 34–44. ISSN 0333-7308. PMC 2925835. PMID 19728571.
- ↑ de Lijster, Jasmijn M.; Dierckx, Bram; Utens, Elisabeth M.W.J.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Zieldorff, Carola; Dieleman, Gwen C.; Legerstee, Jeroen S. (April 2017). "The Age of Onset of Anxiety Disorders". Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 62 (4): 237–246. doi:10.1177/0706743716640757. ISSN 0706-7437. PMC 5407545. PMID 27310233.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Nardil.org - Information on drug treatment for people with social anxiety and depression
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America - Help for people with anxiety disorders, including social phobia and social anxiety disorder