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157Social Anxiety is the <em>third</em> largest mental health care problem in the world today.  Alcoholism is first, depression is second, and social anxiety is third.   Social anxiety causes chronic anxiety and fear over social situations.  It prevents people from leading the life they want; it stops them from taking the job they are good at doing; it prevents them from having friends and relationships, even though they want them.  Social anxiety destroys lives.  Yet it can be fully overcome with appropriate, active, structured, cognitive-behavioral therapy.</p>
158<p>Please read over our pages on social anxiety disorder (formerly called "social phobia").</p>
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162A <a href="http://socialphobia.org/social-anxiety-fact-sheet" target="_blank">definition</a> of social anxiety disorder</p>
163<p>Diagnostic criteria concerning social anxiety</p>
164<p>Effective treatment of social anxiety disorder</p>
165<p>Research showing how social anxiety disorder can be overcome</p>
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167An invitation to join a free mailing list edited specifically for people with social anxiety disorder</p>
168<p>FYI:   Social anxiety disorder's cousin, Panic Disorder, has its own therapy program explained<a href="https://therapy.anxietynetwork.com/p/overcoming-panic-and-anxiety" target="_blank"> here. </a>  </p>
169<p>Help for running a social anxiety therapy group:</p>
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171<p>- Cognitive, behavioral sequences so that people can learn to overcome social anxiety.</p>
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173- The Social Anxiety Association will encourage and provide help for running structured CBT social anxiety therapy groups, whenever possible.  </p>
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175  <a href="http://socialphobia.org/citations" target="_blank">References/citations</a> for the material on the Social Anxiety Association site</p>
176<p>*Kessler RC, Chiu WT, Demler O, Walters, EE. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). <cite>Archives of General Psychiatry</cite>, 2005 Jun;62(6):617-27.   </p>
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280<p>The <a href="http://socialanxietyinstitute.org">Social Anxiety Institute</a> is the largest website on the internet about social anxiety disorder (social phobia). Therapy programs have run at the Institute full-time since 1994.  Major new help for overcoming is always under development and revisions to therapy programs occurred in 2019.  Another therapy program revision will be complete in 2020.  </p>
281<p>For treatment: <a href="http://www.socialanxietyinstitute.org/audioseries.html">Overcoming social anxiety: Step by Step</a>   A structured guide to overcoming social anxiety (a "How to" guide to get over social anxiety).  This therapy program is the most commonly used program to help people overcome social anxiety.  It was written and explained by a person who had a severe case of social anxiety himself:  Dr. Thomas A. Richards, the founder and director of the Social Anxiety Institute, Inc.   </p>
282<p><a href="http://www.anxietynetwork.com">The Anxiety Network</a> explains and describes five major anxiety disorders:  panic, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.   </p>
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