title: Primary and secondary social phobia: psychopathologic and familial differentiations.
abstract: We compared "primary" social phobic patients (n = 25) with patients whose social phobia developing in the setting of panic disorder ("secondary" social phobics, n = 26) and panic-agoraphobic patients (n = 82). Familial, demographic, and symptomatologic data suggest a categorical distinction between the two types of social phobia. Secondary social phobics were essentially similar in all parameters to panic disorder with agoraphobia. These data support DSM-III conventions.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Clinic II, University of Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perugi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simonini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mengali
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Akiskal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010200:Panic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors