Generalized social anxiety disorder: A still-neglected anxiety disorder 3 decades since Liebowitz's review
- PMID: 26121185
- DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12327
Generalized social anxiety disorder: A still-neglected anxiety disorder 3 decades since Liebowitz's review
Abstract
In the 3 decades since Liebowitz's review of 'a neglected anxiety disorder,' controversy and challenges have remained in the study of social anxiety disorder (SAD). This review examines evidence around the classification and subtyping of SAD, focusing on generalized SAD. Substantial discrepancies and variation in definition, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of generalized SAD exist as the international literature on it has grown. In East Asian cultures in particular, study of taijin kyofusho has been important to a broadened conceptualization of SAD into generalized SAD. Despite important progress with biological and other studies, many challenges in the understanding of generalized SAD will remain in the years to come.
Keywords: generalized; social anxiety disorder; taijin kyofusho; under-recognition; undertreatment.
© 2015 The Authors. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences © 2015 Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Similar articles
-
The prevalence and comorbidity of social anxiety disorder among United States Latinos: a retrospective analysis of data from 2 national surveys.J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Aug;72(8):1096-105. doi: 10.4088/JCP.08m04436. J Clin Psychiatry. 2011. PMID: 21899817 Free PMC article.
-
Comorbidity in the anxiety disorders: the use of a life-chart approach.J Psychiatr Res. 1995 Nov-Dec;29(6):467-80. doi: 10.1016/0022-3956(95)00014-3. J Psychiatr Res. 1995. PMID: 8642544
-
Two-year course of generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in a longitudinal sample of African American adults.J Consult Clin Psychol. 2013 Dec;81(6):1052-62. doi: 10.1037/a0034382. Epub 2013 Sep 16. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2013. PMID: 24041233 Free PMC article.
-
The epidemiology of anxiety.J Nerv Ment Dis. 1986 Mar;174(3):129-36. doi: 10.1097/00005053-198603000-00001. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1986. PMID: 2869101 Review.
-
The history, epidemiology, and differential diagnosis of social anxiety disorder.J Clin Psychiatry. 1999;60 Suppl 9:4-8. J Clin Psychiatry. 1999. PMID: 10335673 Review.
Cited by
-
Nationally representative epidemiological study of social anxiety disorder from India.Indian J Psychiatry. 2023 Dec;65(12):1261-1268. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_826_23. Epub 2023 Dec 11. Indian J Psychiatry. 2023. PMID: 38298869 Free PMC article.
-
Neural Correlates of Self-referential Processing and Their Clinical Implications in Social Anxiety Disorder.Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2019 Feb 28;17(1):12-24. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2019.17.1.12. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2019. PMID: 30690936 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Biobehavioral composite of social aspects of anxiety in young adults with fragile X syndrome contrasted to autism spectrum disorder.Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2018 Oct;177(7):665-675. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32674. Epub 2018 Oct 11. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2018. PMID: 30307687 Free PMC article.
-
Comorbidity in social anxiety disorder: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.Drugs Context. 2019 Apr 2;8:212573. doi: 10.7573/dic.212573. eCollection 2019. Drugs Context. 2019. PMID: 30988687 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Neurodevelopmental Disorder Traits in Taijin-Kyofu-sho and Social Anxiety Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study among University Students.Psychiatry J. 2021 Sep 17;2021:1661617. doi: 10.1155/2021/1661617. eCollection 2021. Psychiatry J. 2021. PMID: 34568483 Free PMC article.
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Medical
