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====== Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) ====== | ====== Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) ====== | ||
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===== Primer ===== | ===== Primer ===== | ||
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==== Epidemiology ==== | ==== Epidemiology ==== | ||
- | Social anxiety disorder has a lifetime prevalence of 13%, making it the third most common psychiatric diagnosis. It affects females more than males. There is frequent comorbidity with other anxiety disorders, depression, and alcohol use disorder. | + | Social anxiety disorder has a lifetime prevalence of 13%, making it the third most common psychiatric diagnosis. It affects females and males equally. There is frequent comorbidity with other anxiety disorders, depression, and alcohol use disorder. |
===== Diagnostic Criteria ===== | ===== Diagnostic Criteria ===== | ||
<WRAP group> | <WRAP group> | ||
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== Criterion H == | == Criterion H == | ||
- | The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not better explained by the symptoms of another mental disorder, such as [[anxiety:panic|panic disorder]], [[ocd:body-dysmorphic|body dysmorphic disorder]], or [[child:asd:home|autism spectrum disorder]]. | + | The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not better explained by the symptoms of another mental disorder, such as [[anxiety:panic|panic disorder]], [[ocd:body-dysmorphic|body dysmorphic disorder]], or [[child:asd|autism spectrum disorder]]. |
== Criterion J == | == Criterion J == | ||
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==== Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ==== | ==== Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ==== | ||
- | Cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder includes several components: | + | Cognitive behavioural therapy is a first-line treatment for social anxiety disorder and includes several components: |
- **Education** – about disorder and treatment, recommends self-help materials | - **Education** – about disorder and treatment, recommends self-help materials | ||
- **Exposure** – offers imaginal exposure to situations that are difficult to practice regularly in real life, offers in-vivo exposure to situations that provoke social anxiety during treatment sessions and homework, provides exposure role-play simulations, reduces safety behaviours in social situations | - **Exposure** – offers imaginal exposure to situations that are difficult to practice regularly in real life, offers in-vivo exposure to situations that provoke social anxiety during treatment sessions and homework, provides exposure role-play simulations, reduces safety behaviours in social situations |