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Fluoxetine efficacy in social phobia

M Van Ameringen¹, C Mancini, D L Streiner

¹Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

|January 1, 1993

Summary

Fluoxetine shows promise for treating social phobia, with significant improvements in social anxiety and avoidance. Further double-blind studies are needed to confirm these findings for social anxiety disorder.

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Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Pharmacology

Background:

Social phobia is a debilitating condition impacting social interactions.
Previous treatments have shown limited efficacy for social phobia.