SOCIAL ANXIETY ASSESSMENT

Question 1

ADIS

Answer 1

Semi-structured interviews assist with differential diagnosis and in providing systematic assessment for a broad range of comorbid conditions that may affect the course of treatment

Question 2

CSR (Clinician’s severity rating)

Answer 2

Rate distress and interference for each diagnosis (0-8). A CSR of 4 or higher suggests that the patient meets diagnostic criteria

Question 3

BFNE (Brief fear of negative evaluation scale)

Answer 3

Measures concerns with social-evaluative threat (I am worried what others think of me)

Question 4

SPDQ (Social phobia diagnostic questionnaire)

Answer 4

Rate social situations, fear and avoidance (from 0-4)

Question 5

BSPS (Brief social phobia scale)

Answer 5

Measures symptoms of fear, avoidance and physiological arousal associated with social phobia. Assesses fear of being observed by others.

Question 6

SIAS (Social interaction anxiety scale)

Answer 6

Fear of interacting in groups (rate from 0-4)

Question 7

STABS (Social thoughts and beliefs scale)

Answer 7

Contains two-factor-analytically derived subscales: 1) Social Comparison, 2) Social ineptness (awkwardness)