Social Anxiety Disorder

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Social Anxiety Disorder Historical Perspective

Symptoms as Described by Hippocrates:

[A man who] “…through bashfulness, suspicion and timorousness, will not be seen abroad; … his hat still in his eyes, he will neither see nor be seen by his goodwill. He dare not come in company for fear he should be misused, disgraced, overshoot himself in gestures or speeches or be sick; he thinks every man observes him.”

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    Clinical Feature of Social Anxiety Disorder

    • Believes performance will be negatively evaluated with resulting embarrassment or humiliation
    • Exposure to feared situation predictably elicits anxiety
    • Avoids or endures feared social situation(s) with distress
    • Fear is out of proportion to the actual threat posed
    • Impairs occupational, social, or family roles
    • Not better explained by drug of abuse, medication, or medical or mental disorder, e.g., major depression (social reticence), Parkinson’s Disease, obesity, burns, stuttering

    * Performance only: if the fear is restricted to speaking or performing in public

    Differential Diagnosis

    • Avoidant Personality Disorder
    • Panic Disorder / Agoraphobia
    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    • Depression-related social avoidance
    • Separation anxiety disorder
    • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
    • Schizotypal / Schizoid Personality Disorder
    • Medical conditions, e.g., tremor

    Subtype Characteristics

    Generalized

    (~70%)

    Performance only

    (~30%)

    • Pervasive social fears, avoidance
    • Early onset
    • Familial
    • >80% comorbidity
    • More impairment
    • Lower remission Rate
    • Extended  treatment needed
    • Few social fears (mostly public speaking)
    • Later onset
    • Not familial
    • Less comorbidity
    • Limited impairment
    • Remission common
    • PRN treatment usually adequate

    Typical Feared Social Situations

    Generalized Performance Only
    • Attending Social Events
    • Conversing in a Group
    • Speaking on Telephone (esp. in public)
    • Interacting with Authority Figures
    • Making Eye Contact
    • Ordering Food in a Restaurant
    • Public Speaking
    • Eating in Public
    • Writing a Check
    • Using a Public Toilet
    • Taking a Test
    • Trying on Clothes in a Store
    • Speaking up at a Meeting
    • Athletic, musical, or dance performance

    Symptoms domain wise:

    Physical
    • Tachycardia
    • Trembling*
    • Blushing*
    • Shortness of Breath
    • Sweating*
    • Abdominal Distress
    • Socially-Cued Panic Attacks
    Cognitive
    • Perceived scrutiny and certainty of negative evaluation
    • Misinterpretation or failure to note social cues
    Behavioral
    • Avoidance
    • Freezing
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    The Course

    • Median age at onset is 13 years
    • 75% of individuals have onset between 8 and 15 years

    Impairment

    • Lower educational status
      • Are less likely to graduate high school
      • Work in less skilled occupations
    • Lower income and socioeconomic status
    • Lower likelihood of marrying
    • Higher likelihood of divorce
    • Impeded leisure activities

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    rTMS in
    Social Anxiety Disorder

    • The man should be the sexual leader
    • Masturbation is wrong
    • A woman should not initiate sex
    • Men should not express their emotions
    • A woman should always have sex when her partner makes sexual
    • approaches
    • All physical contact must lead to sex
    • Good sex leads to a wild orgasm
    • A man feels like having sex at any time
    • Sex equals intercourse

    Medications in Social Anxiety Disorder

    • Sex happens automatically
    • A `respectable’ woman should not enjoy sex too much and should
    • certainly never masturbate
    • All other couples have sex several times a week; have orgasm every time
    • they have sex & orgasm simultaneously
    • There must be something wrong with the relationship if sex is not good
    • Cultural beliefs about formation of Semen and genital secretions

    Psychotherapy in Social Anxiety Disorder

    • Role of ‘Physical strength’ or ‘Muscle power’ in sexual performance
    • Size of the penis
    • Circumcision and sexual performance
    • Bending of Penis
    • Vasectomy/tubectomy decreases sexual potency
    • Drugs enhance sexual potency in normal persons
    • Porn increases sexual drive

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