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[Social anxieties in a clinical sample].

Andreas Dally1, Ole Falck, Thomas Ferrari

  • 1Krankenhaus Tiefenbrunn, Klinik für Psychotherapie, Psychiatrie und psychosomatische Medizin des Landes Niedersachsen.

Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie
|April 1, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Social phobia is common (45%) in psychiatric patients, causing severe interpersonal impairments. The study suggests replacing "social phobia" with "social anxiety" for better clinical recognition.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Context:

  • Current diagnostic systems (ICD-10, DSM-IV) label social phobia, but its clinical significance and psychodynamic aspects are under-researched.
  • Social phobias and interpersonal relationship issues often receive insufficient clinical attention despite their severity.

Purpose:

  • To investigate the frequency and severity of social anxieties in psychiatric inpatients.
  • To compare patients with social anxieties to those without, assessing symptom severity and interpersonal impairments.
  • To evaluate the adequacy of the current
  • Summary of the study's findings.
  • To propose a terminology shift from "social phobia" to "social anxiety" based on clinical and research evidence.

Summary:

  • Social anxiety was highly prevalent (45%) in a sample of 930 psychiatric inpatients undergoing inpatient treatment.

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  • Patients with social anxieties exhibited significantly more severe impairments across various personal functioning domains compared to those without.
  • The study found that social phobia, as currently defined, is an inadequate description for the pervasive nature of this suffering.

    • Impact:

    • Highlights the significant clinical burden and functional impairment associated with social anxiety in psychiatric populations.
    • Advocates for a revised conceptualization and terminology, shifting from "social phobia" to "social anxiety" for improved clinical focus and research.
    • Emphasizes the need for greater clinical attention and research into the psychodynamic aspects of social anxiety and its impact on interpersonal functioning.