Social phobia
- Created by: Laura Sweeney
- Created on: 12-12-12 14:40
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- Social phobia
- Prevalence
- 12% have a life time risk of social phobia
- Usually develops in late childhood
- Women are more susceptible than men by a ratio of 3:2
- Co-morbidity
- More than shyness
- The difference between shyness and social phobia is the effect it has on everyday life
- Difference from social phobia
- Social phobia is the fear of showing obvious signs of humilation, not of the phobia itself.
- Diagnostic criteria for social phobia
- A marked and persistent fear of one or more performance situationin which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people.
- Prevalence
- Social phobia usually occurs along other mental disorders, particularly depression
- Co-morbidity
- The difference between shyness and social phobia is the effect it has on everyday life
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