Primary and secondary social phobia: psychopathologic and familial differentiations.
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.
Perugi
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Psychiatric Clinic II, University of Pisa, Italy.
Simonini
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Savino
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Mengali
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Cassano
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GB
Akiskal
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HS
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