Social phobia: epidemiology, recognition, and treatment
- 27 September 1997
- Vol. 315 (7111), 796-800
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7111.796
Abstract
Most people admit to social discomfort while under public scrutiny—for example, before performing in public.1 Social phobia, however, is the excessive fear that a performance or social interaction will be inadequate, embarrassing, or humiliating—people with social phobia avert their gaze from their interlocutors and often avoid a feared social setting.Keywords
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