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Social Anxiety Disorder : Treatments

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Treatments could include:
The goal of treatment is to help you function effectively. The success of the treatment usually depends on the severity of the phobia.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 15, 2008
Social phobia responds well to proper treatment; however, patients with social phobia have a distinctive set of barriers to treatment. Unlike persons with some other types of mental disorders, they are unlikely to deny that they have a problem.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Pioneers in the development of cognitive behavior therapy include Albert Ellis(1929-), who developed rational-emotive therapy(RET) in the 1950s, and Aaron Beck(1921—), whose cognitive therapy has been widely.used for depression and anxiety. ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and"negative" emotions.(Maladaptive behavior is behavior that is counter-product...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cognitive therapy is a psychosocial(both psychological and social) therapy that assumes that faulty thought patterns(called cognitive patterns) cause maladaptive behavior and emotional responses. The treatment focuses on changing thoughts in order...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Behavioral therapy can help ease panic disorder, whether in conjunction with medication or alone.
Source:StayWell
What's the difference between a can-do and a won't-try person? It's usually a matter of bravery.
Source:StayWell
Social skills training(SST) is a form of behavior therapy used by teachers, therapists, and trainers to help persons who have difficulties relating to other people.A major goal of social skills training is teaching persons who may or may not have ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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