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
Description
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
