background and aim : for various reasons hearing-impaired people have stress and fear of being in social situations. cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) is known as one of the most valid therapies of social phobia. the aim of this research was to show the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy on the level of social anxiety in hearing-impaired adults. methods : the study population consisted o...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the frequency of social phobia in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, we explored the relationship between social phobia and the clinical characteristics of PD, and the frequency of comorbid psychiatric disorders in PD patients. METHODS This study included 80 consecutive patients with PD admitted to the Parkinson's disease and Movement Disord...

Social phobia is increasingly recognized as a prevalent and socially impairing mental disorder. However, little data is available regarding the general and disease-specific impairments and disabilities associated with social phobia. Furthermore, most studies have not controlled for the confounding effects of comorbid conditions. This study investigates: (a) the generic quality of life; (b) work...

Social Phobia is a prominent anxiety disorder that is not well-understood, especially among socially marginalized, non-heterosexual individuals. A case description of Social Phobia symptoms in a female who is unsure of her sexual identity is presented and analyzed. The diagnostic assumptions of Social Phobia as applied to the case are critically examined. The goal is to highlight unanswered que...

PURPOSE To investigate the impact of alcohol intoxication and withdrawal on the course of social phobia and panic disorder. METHOD A group of 41 alcoholic inpatients undergoing detoxification therapy were interviewed using the SCID-I (DSM-IV) and questions to detect fluctuations in the course of social phobia and panic disorder as a function of the different phases in alcohol dependence (into...

BACKGROUND The paper describes prevalence, impairments, patterns of co-morbidity and other correlates of DSM-IV social phobia in adolescents and young adults, separating generalized and non-generalized social phobics. METHODS Data are derived from the baseline investigation of the Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology Study (EDSP), a prospective longitudinal community study of 3021 su...

BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are commonly comorbid with bipolar disorder (BP) and may worsen course of illness, but differential impact of specific anxiety disorders in men and women remains unknown. METHODS We measured the impact of comorbid panic disorder (PD), social phobia, specific phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in 460 women and 276 men with Bipolar I Disorder (BPI) or s...

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory [SPIN; Connor, K. M., Davidson, J. R. T., Churchill, L. E., Sherwood, A., Foa, E., Wesler, R.H., 2000. Psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN). British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, 379-386], a measure of severity in social phobia (social anxiety disorder). Participants included 132 participan...

This report presents findings on the frequency, comorbidity and psychosocial impairment of social phobia and social fears among 1035 adolescents, aged 12-17 years. The adolescents were randomly selected from 36 schools in the province of Bremen, Germany. Social phobia and other psychiatric disorders were coded based on DSM-IV criteria using the computerized Munich version of the Composite Inter...

BACKGROUND Social phobia may seriously impair the functioning of affected individuals. It is frequently associated with other mental disorders. AIMS To estimate the co-occurrence of social phobia with major depressive disorder (MDD) and to analyze their interaction. METHOD Subjects were 18,980 individuals, aged 15 years or older, representative of the general population of the United Kingdo...