Are we overpathologizing the socially anxious? Social phobia from a harmful dysfunction perspective

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 317-319

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a,d   Horwitz, Allan V ^b   Schmitz, Mark F ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; ARTICLE; FEAR; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 27144557140     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000604     Document Type: Short Survey

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