Current status of knowledge on public-speaking anxiety

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Pull, Charles B ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

fear of public speaking; fear of speaking in front of others; social anxiety disorder; social phobia

Indexed keywords

CANNABIDIOL; CYCLOSERINE; OXYTOCIN; QUETIAPINE;

ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; NOISE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC SPEAKING; PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH THERAPY; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SPEECH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 83155173908     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834e06dc     Document Type: Review

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