South African Journal of Psychiatry (Aug 2013)

Social Anxiety Disorder

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v19i3.953
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 3

Abstract

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According to epidemiological studies, rates of social anxiety disorder(SAD) or social phobia range from 3% to 16% in the generalpopulation.[1,2]Social phobia and specific phobias have an earlier ageof onset than other anxiety disorders.