Front matter
Copyright
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1 Conceptualizing and Describing Social Anxiety and Its Disorders
Chapter 2 Avoidant Personality Disorder and its Relationship to Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 3 Assessment of Social Anxiety and its Clinical Expressions
Chapter 4 Shyness Social Anxiety and Social Phobia
Chapter 5 Embarrassment and Social Anxiety Disorder Fraternal Twins or Distant Cousins
Chapter 6 Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder Across Cultures
Chapter 7 Perfectionism and Perfectionistic Self Presentation in Social Anxiety Implications for Assessment and Treatment
Chapter 8 Social Phobia1 as a Deficit in Social Skills
Chapter 9 Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relation to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood
Chapter 10 Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Biological Developmental and Social Considerations
Chapter 11 Prevention and Early Intervention of Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 12 Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies of Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 13 Temperamental Contributions to the Development of Psychological Profiles I Basic Issues
Chapter 14 Temperamental Contributions to the Development of Psychological Profiles II Two Candidates
Chapter 15 Mechanisms of Learning and Behavior Change in Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 16 Cognitive Biases in Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 17 Emotion Regulation in Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 18 Social Anxiety and the Self
Chapter 19 Positivity Deficits in Social Anxiety Emotions Events and Cognitions
Chapter 20 Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System A Refinement and Extension of the Self Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety
Chapter 21 Evolutionary Perspective on Social Anxiety
Chapter 22 Psychopharmacology for Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 23 Treatment of Adult Social Anxiety Disorder A Treatments by Dimensions Review
Chapter 24 A Cognitive Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 25 Mindfulness Based Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Chapter 26 A Comparison between Psychosocial and Pharmacological Treatments
Chapter 27 Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder
Index