Social anxiety clinical, developmental, and social perspectives

Description

Part One. Delineation of Social Anxiety Disorder1. Terminology and Evolution of Constructs2. Assessment of Social Anxiety and Its Clinical Expressions3. Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder4. Embarrassment and Social Anxiety: Distant Cousins or Close Kin?5. Social Anxiety Disorder and its Relationship to Perfectionism6. Social Anxiety Disorder as a Deficit in Social Skills7. Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relationship to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood8. The Relationship of Social Anxiety Disorder to Avoidant Personality Disorder9. The Development and Clinical Impact of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and AdolescentsPart Two. Theoretical Perspectives10. Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies in Social Anxiety Disorder11. Genetic Basis of Social Anxiety Disorder12. Temperamental Contributions to Affective and Behavioral Profiles in Childhood13. Behavioral Theories of Social Anxiety Disorder: Contributions of Basic Behavioral Principles14. Cognitive biases in Social Anxiety Disorder15. Social Anxiety Disorder: An Information-Processing Perspective16. An Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety17. Social Anxiety Disorder and the Self18. Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social AnxietyPart Three. Treatment Approaches19. Psychopharmacology20. Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatments-by-Dimensions Review21. Comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments22. Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder23. Summary and Future Directions