Anxiety · Treatment guide
Social Anxiety Disorder
Fear of negative evaluation that drives avoidance, safety behaviors, and post-event rumination.
In this guide
Overview
Treatment targets self-focused attention, safety behaviors, and avoidance of feared social situations. Behavioral experiments that drop safety behaviors are more effective than habituation alone.
First-line treatments
- CBT — Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Clark & Wells model; video feedback, attention training, behavioral experiments.