Shy Children, Phobic Adults: Nature And Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder

Beidel (psychiatry, Pennsylvania State U. College of Medicine and Turner (late psychology, U. of Maryland at College Park) closely examine how social anxiety disorder (and related conditions) strikes children, adolescents and adults. Using new reviews of the most recent literature and their own clinical practice, they describe assessment methods, practical therapy implementation guidelines, tips on patient management, case studies, and samples of forms practitioners can use with patients during assessment and treatment. They cover the clinical presentation of social anxiety disorder at all age levels, the disorder's prevalence and etiology, management of patients' families, pharmacological treatments, behavioral treatments and cognitive-behavior treatments of children, adolescents and adults. The bibliography is comprehensive. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)