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Social anxiety disorder
Meaning
Noun
●
In Clinical psychology & Psychiatry:
The most common
anxiety disorder
,
characterized
by
intense
fear
in one
or more social
situations
,
causing
considerable
distress
and
impaired
ability to
function
in
at least
some
parts
of
daily life
. Symptoms of
fear
,
distress
,
anxiety
,
avoidance
of social
situations
, and
impairment
in social,
occupational
, or other areas of
daily life
, are
persistent
,
typically
lasting
for a
minimum
of
at least
6
months
, and are not
attributable
to the
physiological
effects of a
substance
or another
medical
condition.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Social Anxiety
Social Phobia
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