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Current status of knowledge on public-speaking anxiety

Charles B Pull

    Current Opinion in Psychiatry
    |December 14, 2011
    PubMed
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    Public-speaking anxiety, the fear of speaking in public, is common and causes significant distress. Effective treatments include virtual reality and internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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