SAD Flashcards
Social anxiety is the ____ most common anxiety disorder and the ____ most common psychiatric disorder
Second, third
What are some impairments associated with social anxiety disorder
Romantic and other social relationships, career and education
What is criterion A of SAD
Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by other
What is criterion B of SAD
The individual fears that he/she will act in a way or show anxiety symptoms that will be negatively evaluated - will be humiliating or embarrassing; will lead to rejection or offend others
What is criterion C of SAD
The social situation almost always provokes fear or anxiety
What is criterion D of SAD
The social situations are avoided or endured with great distress
- avoidance will reduce anxiety in the short-term but the removal of the anxiety acts as the negative reinforcer
What is Criterion E of SAD
Fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by the social situation and to the sociocultural context
What are some of the specific situations that one might fear
Speaking in public, eating in public, writing in front of other people, using public bathrooms
If someone would present with their only symptoms being fear of public speaking, would they get a diagnosis of SAD and why?
No because this is a normative behaviour, prevalent in the general population
What is the most typical presentation of social anxiety disorder
Generalized social phobia - multiple feared or avoided situations
What is the prevalence of social anxiety disorder
12%
What is the gender difference in SAD and when does it emerge
2F:1M and it emerges in adolescence
True or false: comorbidity with other anxiety disorders and depression is very low
False, it is very high
What is a common symptom of SAD that correlates will with other disorders (is not a formal criterion due to its overlap)
High-self criticism and high standards
True or false: the rates in North and South America are very different
False, they are similar
What is the prevalence of SAD in East Asian countries and how does it compare to North America
Prevalence is less than 1% - much lower than in North America
In North America which groups are associated with low prevalence rates of SAD
East Asians
Hispanics
Black
What is a variant of SAD that is not in the DSM that might account for the cultural differences
Taijin Kyofusho
What can Taijin Kyofusho help explain
We may not be accounting for cultural differences properly and thus missing diagnoses
What is the age of onset of SAD and what might account for it
16 - peers become very important (harsh evaluations)
What do the cognitive theories of social phobia suggest
Social situations activate core set of values and beliefs called social competencies - incompetent thoughts about themselves
Believe other will view them negatively
Schemas interfere with interpretation of social situations
Begin to see danger and threat
The more anxious they feel, the more likely they think rejection is
Makes them more anxious
As part of the cognitive theories of social phobia: _______ factor that maintains the disorder and functions as a ______ and ______ behaviour used to ______ social disasters
Self-focus, safety, avoidance, forestall
True or false: after a situation the individual will not have a biased memory for negative experiences
False
True or false: According to the cognitive theories of social phobia, there is reinforcement of negative expectations of the self
True
