High Victimization Rates among Youth with SAD
A review of “Social anxiety disorder and victimization in a community sample of adolescents.” Article summary provided by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is common among youth, as is victimization through peer, family, or other interactions. Although research has examined the relationship between SAD and trauma or victimization in adults, little research READ MORE »
Self-Compassion and Social Anxiety Disorder
Article summary provided by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: People with social anxiety disorder often experience strong negative self-views and tend to be very self-critical. Conversely, the idea of self-compassion refers to having a caring and accepting self-view, which research has shown to be associated with positive well-being in healthy populations. This study examined self-compassion READ MORE »
Clinician Competence Predicts Treatment Outcomes in Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Article summary provided by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: A recent study examined the role of therapist competency on treatment outcomes in providing cognitive therapy for persons with social anxiety disorder (SAD). This study found that high therapist competence corresponded with treatment gains across measures of general and social anxiety-specific clinical outcomes. Therapist competence also READ MORE »
School Intervention for Youth with Social Anxiety Disorder
Article summary provided by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: Social anxiety disorder affects a large number of adolescents and often causes personal distress and difficulties in functioning. However, these youth often do not receive available treatment for their social anxiety. In order to help increase treatment accessibility for this vulnerable population, recent research has examined READ MORE »
Social Anxiety and Substance Use: A review of “Specificity of Social Anxiety Disorder as a Risk Factor for Alcohol and Cannabis Dependence”
Article summary provided by Kathryn Zumberg THE MAIN POINT: In a recent study, Buckner et al. (2008) examined whether a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder among adolescents is a specific risk factor for the development of alcohol and/or cannabis use disorders in adulthood. As expected, the authors found that social anxiety disorder, but not anxiety READ MORE »
Social Anxiety and Substance Use: A review of “Specificity of Social Anxiety Disorder as a Risk Factor for Alcohol and Cannabis Dependence”
Article summary provided by Kathryn Zumberg THE MAIN POINT: In a recent study, Buckner et al. (2008) examined whether a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder among adolescents is a specific risk factor for the development of alcohol and/or cannabis use disorders in adulthood. As expected, the authors found that social anxiety disorder, but not anxiety READ MORE »
December 2012 Connecticut School Shooting Position Statement
Nine school violence prevention researchers and practitioners nationwide developed a position statement on the Dec. 14, 2012 Connecticut school shootings that is being disseminated across the U.S. today. It is in response to the tragic acts of violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School and updates the School Shootings Position Statement that was disseminated nationally following READ MORE »
Risks of Compensatory Internet Use
Article summary by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: People with social anxiety frequently engage more often in online communication methods than in-person interactions and often feel more comfortable with such online versus live communication. However, a recent study cautions socially anxious individuals about the potentially harmful effects on one’s well-being of relying primarily on internet READ MORE »
Self-harm behaviors are associated with increased risk for Suicide Attempts among those with Social Anxiety Disorder: A review of “Suicide attempts versus nonsuicidal self-injury among individuals with anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample”
Article summary provided by Kathryn Zumberg THE MAIN POINT: In a recent study, Chartand, Sareen, Toews and Bolton (2012) examined whether anxiety disorders were associated with an increased risk of self-harm behaviors and found that they were. Notably, the authors found that social phobia, also referred to as social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder were READ MORE »
Misperceptions of ‘Social Blunders’ among Persons with Social Anxiety Disorder
Article summary provided by Hillary Greene THE MAIN POINT: A recent study highlights differences in cognitive perceptions among those with either high or low levels of social anxiety. Persons with high levels of social anxiety had more negative perceptions and distress associated with ‘social blunders’ that could occur for anyone in general as compared to perceptions READ MORE »
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