About Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
-Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is also known as social phobia or social anxiety.
-Social anxiety is characterized by the extreme fear of social situations to where it interferes with certain aspects of the sufferer's life.
-Age of onset is generally 13 years old, though symptoms generally are reported starting in early childhood.
-Other disorders can co-occur with social phobia
-SAD was officially recognized as a disorder in the 1980s.
-Social anxiety is often under reported and passed off as shyness by parents and teachers. The disorder has only recently been getting more attention.
-Social anxiety is characterized by the extreme fear of social situations to where it interferes with certain aspects of the sufferer's life.
-Age of onset is generally 13 years old, though symptoms generally are reported starting in early childhood.
-Other disorders can co-occur with social phobia
-SAD was officially recognized as a disorder in the 1980s.
-Social anxiety is often under reported and passed off as shyness by parents and teachers. The disorder has only recently been getting more attention.