An adult reveals her continual struggle with social anxiety disorder, which she developed as a teenager, describing the causes and symptoms of the phobia, treatment options, and daily coping mechanism
We've all felt occasional pangs of shyness and self-consciousness, but for the 15 million Americans with social anxiety disorder, the fear of being scrutinized and criticized can reach disabling propo
Social phobia is the least well known and least well understood of the anxiety disorders, not becoming an official part of the diagnostic nomenclature until the publication of DSM-III in 1980. Integra