[Social anxiety].
Social anxiety disorders are various, frequent and invalidant. Social phobia is characterized by marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur including, for example, fear of public speaking. In clinical setting, the majority of social phobics report fears of more than one type of social situation. Social phobia tends to develop early in life, with a life time prevalence of 2-4%. Pharmacotherapy and behavioural and cognitive therapy are communly used.
Mirabel-Sarron
Christine
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Hôpital Sainte-Anne, clinique des maladies mentales et de I'encéphale, université Paris-V-René-Descartes, 75674 Paris Cedex 14. s.kielt@ch-sainte-anne.fr
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations