Tenex (generic Guanfacine) is a medication that has been used for years as a mild antihypertensive. In the body and in the lower brain centers...
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder Overview
Social anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive fear and or avoidance of situations in which an individual believes he or she may be the subject...
DSM IV Criteria for SAD
DSM IV CRITERIA FOR SAD A. A marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed...
Common Cognitive Styles of SAD
? Overestimates scrutiny by others • Embarrassment, humiliation, and rejection over sensitivity • Preoccupation with other’s perceptions and/or responses • Certainty of negative evaluations •...
Jerome Kagan Study of Shyness
When a stranger walks into a nursery full of toddlers, most of them stop playing, look at the stranger for a few seconds, and then...
Medications that Help Symptoms
Paxil was the first SSRI approved for generalized social anxiety. It may be more effective than the other SSRI’s, (Prozac, Celexa, Lexapro, Zoloft). The CR...
Common Fears of SAD
• Small group participation • Eating, drinking, writing in public • Talking to authority figures • Public speaking, performing • Attending formal family events •...
Common Physical Complaints of SAD
• Stuttering • Butterflies • Sweating • Palpitations • Trembling/shaking
Common Behavioral Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy has proven to be very effective in treating social anxiety disorder. Behavioral therapy focuses on specific steps to lessen anxiety and reduce...
Social Anxiety Disorder: Did You Know?
• 40-50% of people with SAD also have depression • SAD is the most common anxiety disorder • 13% of the population will have SAD...