CLP 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Palpitations, Agoraphobia, Syncope (Medicine)
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Severe, persistent, and irrational about social or performance situations in which scrutiny by others and embarrassment may occur: narrow, broad, both forms. Pronounced, disproportionate, and repeated anxiety about social situation(s) in which individual could be exposed to possible scrutiny by others, typically lasting 6 months or more: 2. Fear of being negatively evaluated by or offensive to others: 3. Anxiety is almost always produced by exposure to the social situation: 4. The leading explanation proposed by cognitive theorists and researchers: people with this disorder hold a group of social beliefs and expectations that consistently work again them. Only in the past 15 years has treatment of social anxiety disorder been successful. Two components must be addresses: overwhelming social fear, lack of social skills. How can social fears be reduced: medication, psychotherapy. How can social skills be improved: assertiveness training groups, other behavioral techniques. Attacks features at last four of the following symptoms of panic:
