Background Social anxiety disorder is a frequent psychiatric disorder. We aimed to estimate
the life-time prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, risk factors and co-morbidities of …

Background: Comorbidity between adult social anxiety disorder and major depression is
extensive. Considerably less information about this relationship is available among youth …

Although the presentation of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adults is well documented, less
is known about its clinical manifestation in children and adolescents. To date, most studies …

Context Epidemiological findings demonstrating an increased risk for individuals with social
anxiety disorder (SAD) to develop depression have been challenged by discrepant findings …

PurposeTo define the prevalence and some of the psychosocial characteristics of social
anxiety disorder (SAD) in an urban population of Turkish children and adolescents. Subjects …

Background Few studies have examined the prevalence of social anxiety disorder (SAD)
among adolescents and the associated sex-specific fears. No previous studies have …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is among the most common mental disorders on a lifetime
basis, ranging from 12% to 14%. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders …

Background: Available information on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents in Saudi
Arabia is limited. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, severity, and …

Abstract Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a chronic, disabling and treatable disorder with
common onset in adolescence. Virtually there are no Indian studies on SAD. The study was …

The objective of the study is to provide a reliable estimate of the pooled prevalence of social
anxiety disorder (SAD) and social anxiety symptoms (SAS) among children, adolescents …