Social Anxiety
Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives
Edited by- Stefan Hofmann, Professor of Psychology Director, Social Anxiety Program Boston University, Boston MA, USA
- Patricia DiBartolo, Associate Professor of Psychology Smith College, Northampton MA, USA
Clinicians, social and developmental psychologists and behavioral geneticists have all conducted research over the past ten years which is essential to furthering our understanding of and treatment of social anxiety disorders. If researchers and clinicians are to successfully combat this disorder, the literature must fully integrate studies on social anxiety, shyness, and embarrassment with the research on social anxiety disorder subtypes, biological theories and cognitive-behavioral or pharmacological treatment outcome studies. This book weaves together research findings gathered by renowned minds across these various disciplines, and chapters deal with both theory and research. Thorough exploration is given as to how to define what constitutes social anxiety, and assessment of the condition and its relationship to other psychological disorders. The biological basis and treatment approaches are also all explored in full. Coverage includes key issues not disucssed fully by other existing books, including related disorders of adult and childhood, relationship to social competence and assertiveness, relationship to perfectionism, social skills deficit hypothesis, comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, and potential mediators of change in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.
Audience
Researchers investigating anxiety disorders in general and social anxiety in particular; mental health clinicians specializing in treatment of anxiety disordres; graduate and advanced undergraduate students focused on anxiety disorders
Hardbound, 632 Pages
Published: August 2010
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-375096-9
Contents
1. Terminology and Evolution of Constructs
2. Assessment of Social Anxiety and Its Clinical Expressions
3. Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder
4. Embarrassment and Social Anxiety: Distant Cousins or Close Kin?
5. Social Anxiety Disorder and its Relationship to Perfectionism
6. Social Anxiety Disorder as a Deficit in Social Skills
. Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relationship to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood
8. The Relationship of Social Anxiety Disorder to Avoidant Personality Disorder
9. The Development and Clinical Impact of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
10. Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies in Social Anxiety Disorder11. Genetic Basis of Social Anxiety Disorder
12. Temperamental Contributions to Affective and Behavioral Profiles in Childhood
13. Behavioral Theories of Social Anxiety Disorder: Contributions of Basic Behavioral Principles
14. Cognitive biases in Social Anxiety Disorder
15. Social Anxiety Disorder: An Information-Processing Perspective
16. An Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety
17. Social Anxiety Disorder and the Self18. Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety
19. Psychopharmacology
20. Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatments-by-Dimensions Review
21. Comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
22. Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder
23. Summary and Future Directions
