More information on social phobias
More information on social phobias
The following associations have educational material available on social phobias:
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America, 1900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 231-9259. Web site: www.adaa.org.
• American Psychiatric Association, 1400 K St. N.W., Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: (202) 682-6000. Web site: www.psych.org.
• Freedom From Fear, 308 Seaview Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305. Telephone: (718) 351-1717. E-mail: [email protected].
The three associations form the Social Anxiety Disorder Coalition and manage an informational Web site at www.allergictopeople.com.
Literature review
Providers also may want to review the following articles:
• Ballinger JC, Davidson JR, Lecrubier YU, et al. Consensus statement on social anxiety disorder from the International Consensus Group on depression and anxiety. J Clin Psychiatry 1998; 59 (suppl 17):56.
• Schneier SR, Johnson J, et al. Social Phobia: Comorbidity and morbidity in an epidemiologic sample. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1992; 49:285.
• Stein MB, Liebowitz MR, Lydiard BR, et al. Paxoetine treatment of generalized social phobia. JAMA 1998; 280(8):709.
• Van Ameringen M, Mancini C, et al. Relationship of social phobia with other psychiatric illnesses. J Aff Disord 1991; 21:93-99.
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