Recognizing and treating social anxiety disorder

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • July 2001,
  • 68
  • (7)
  • 649-657;

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.

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