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Social anxiety disorder

Última revisão: 14 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 12 Nov 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • history of psychiatric comorbidity
  • positive family history of social anxiety
  • anticipatory anxiety and worry
  • tachycardia
  • hyperventilation
  • sweating
  • flushing
  • muscle tension
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • post-event processing
  • attentional biases
  • social skills deficits
  • crying, tantrums, or "freezing"
  • selective mutism
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Fatores de risco

  • psychiatric comorbidity (e.g., anxiety, mood, and substance-use disorders)
  • genetic
  • temperamental factors
  • parenting style
  • psychological disorder
  • life stressors
  • environmental factors
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • clinical diagnosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • blood glucose
  • serum thyroid-stimulating hormone
  • toxicology screen (urine and blood)
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Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

adults: no comorbidity

adults: comorbidities

children and adolescents

Colaboradores

Autores

Craig N. Sawchuk, PhD
Craig N. Sawchuk

Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Psychology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Declarações

CNS declares that he has no competing interests.

Jason P. Veitengruber, MD
Jason P. Veitengruber

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle

WA

Declarações

JPV is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Bunmi O. Olatunji, PhD
Bunmi O. Olatunji

Professor

Department of Psychological Sciences

Vanderbilt University

Nashville

TN

Declarações

BOO declares that he has no competing interests.

Stacy Shaw Welch, PhD
Stacy Shaw Welch

Director

Anxiety and Stress Reduction Center of Seattle

University of Washington

Seattle

WA

Declarações

SSW declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores

​Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD

Alexander von Humboldt Professor

Department of Psychology

Philipps University Marburg

Germany

Declarações

SGH is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Fallon R. Goodman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology

George Washington University

Washington

DC

Declarações

FRG declares that she has no competing interests.

Richard P. Swinson, MD, FRCPC, FRCPsych

Emeritus Professor

Medical Director

Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre

McMaster University and St Joseph’s Hospital

Hamilton

Canada

Divulgaciones

RPS declares that he has no competing interests.

David Baldwin, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

University of Southampton

Southampton

UK

Divulgaciones

DB has acted as a consultant for and held research grants from Cephalon, Eli Lilly, GSK, Lundbeck, Organon, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Roche, and Wyeth and has also acted as a consultant to Asahi, AstraZeneca, Grunenthal, Pierre Fabre, Servier, Sumitomo, and Wyeth. He has accepted paid speaking engagements in industry-supported satellite symposia and is co-author of the BAP evidence-based guidelines on the treatment of anxiety disorders. He is also a Medical Patron of Anxiety UK.

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Disclosures

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed., text revision (DSM-5-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2022.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Social anxiety disorder: recognition, assessment and treatment. May 2013 [internet publication].Texto completo

Katzman MA, Bleau P, Blier P, et al; Canadian Anxiety Guidelines Initiative Group on behalf of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des troubles anxieux and McGill University. Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 2014;14(suppl 1):S1.Texto completo  Resumen

Williams T, Hattingh CJ, Kariuki CM, et al. Pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder (SAnD). Cochrane Database Sys Rev. 2017 Oct 19;(10):CD001206.Texto completo  Resumen

Schaffer A, McIntosh D, Goldstein BI, et al. The CANMAT task force recommendations for the management of patients with mood disorders and comorbid anxiety disorders. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;24(1):6-22. Resumen

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