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Marc-André Roy1, Chantal Vallières2, Catherine Lehoux3
1CIUSSS Capitale-Nationale, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Québec, Canada; Centre de recherche CERVO, Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (F-4500), 2601, chemin de la Canardière, G1J 2G3 Québec, Canada; Département de psychiatrie et neurosciences, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Abstract:
This study examined the influence of the assessment methods in detecting social anxiety disorders (SAD). We used a two-stage procedure to elicit social anxiety symptoms (SAS) to diagnose SAD in 80 people with a schizophrenia spectrum psychotic disorder (SZSPD) from an early intervention program. We observed a 28.8% lifetime prevalence of SAD when considering only the SAS elicited using the SCID probes (first stage), and a significant increase to 48.8% after adding the probes from the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (second stage). In conclusion, the LSAS can increase the sensitivity in detecting SAS and hence SAD comorbid to SZSPD.
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