International clinical psychopharmacology
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Int Clin Psychopharmacol · Jun 1996
Review Comparative StudyComorbidity and social phobia: clinical and epidemiological issues.
Both epidemiological and clinical studies indicate that social phobia is highly comorbid with anxiety and affective disorders and, to a lesser extent, with substance use disorders. In epidemiological surveys, about one in five subjects with social phobia has been reported as having no other lifetime disorder. ⋯ Comorbidity has a strong influence on impairment, health-seeking behavior and suicidality. These results have major implications for improving the recognition, assessment and treatment of this disorder by physicians and for the design of new research perspectives.