Objective: Social phobia has in recent years been recognized as a considerable public health
concern. This paper presents an overview of community studies that have estimated the …

Background Neurofunctional changes underlying effective antianxiety treatments are
incompletely characterized. This study explored the effects of citalopram and cognitive-behavioral …

This paper provides a critical review of the prevalence of social phobia in European countries,
a description of associated disability and burden and of clinical correlates and risk factors …

BackgroundInternet-delivered self-help programmes with added therapist guidance have
shown efficacy in social anxiety disorder, but unguided self-help has been insufficiently studied.…

Memories become labile when recalled. In humans and rodents alike, reactivated fear
memories can be attenuated by disrupting reconsolidation with extinction training. Using …

Guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) has been found to be effective
in several controlled trials, but the mechanisms of change are largely unknown. Therapeutic …

Public speaking anxiety (PSA) is a common condition which can be treated effectively with
exposure therapy. However, inherent difficulties in stimuli presentation and control limits …

Background: The present study examined the prevalence of social phobia in the Swedish
general population and demographic characteristics associated with this anxiety disorder. …

Sixty-four individuals with social phobia (social anxiety disorder) were assigned to a
multimodal cognitive-behavioral treatment package or to a waiting list control group. Treatment …

OBJECTIVE: The central nervous system representation of social phobia (social anxiety
disorder) is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine brain activity during symptom …