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Social fears and social phobia in the USA: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

Psychological Medicine · 2007 · Vol. 38(1) · pp. 15–28

Ayelet Meron Ruscio✉(University of Pennsylvania)Timothy A. Brown(Boston University)Wai Tat Chiu(Harvard University)Jitender Sareen(University of Manitoba)Murray B. Stein(University of California, San Diego)Ronald C. Kessler(Harvard University)

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Abstract

Social phobia is a common, under-treated disorder that leads to significant functional impairment. Increasing numbers of social fears are associated with increasingly severe manifestations of the disorder.

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Mental Health Treatment and AccessNational Comorbidity SurveyComorbidityPsychologyCIDISpecific phobiaPsychiatryClinical psychologyAnxiety disorderPhobic disorderAnxiety

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AdolescentAdultAnxiety DisordersMental DisordersFearHealth SurveysHumansInterpersonal RelationsPatient Acceptance of Health CarePhobic DisordersPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSeverity of Illness IndexUnited StatesComorbidityPrevalence

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