title: Recognizing and treating social anxiety disorder.
abstract: Social anxiety disorder is the third most common psychiatric disorder in the United States. Patients strive to avoid stress-inducing situations, or they may endure them with marked psychological distress and physical reactions, including sweating and tachycardia. Social anxiety disorder can be diagnosed by a careful history and can be treated successfully with medications or psychosocial interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. muzinad@ccf.org
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Muzina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Sayegh
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*