Alexithymia and Personality in Relation to Social Anxiety in Male Alcohol-Dependent Inpatients/Yatarak Tedavi Goren Erkek Alkol Bagimlilarinda Aleksitimi Ve Kisiligin Sosyal Anksiyete Ile Iliskisi (Original Article/Ozgun Makale) (Report)
Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2008, Sept
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Introduction Social anxiety is characterized by the fear of negative evaluation by others. If it is severe enough to cause significant distress or functional impairment, then a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is appropriate. Social anxiety disorder is defined as excessive fear in social situations, in which one believes that she/he will do something embarrassing or have anxiety symptoms (e.g., blushing or sweating) that will be humiliating (1). Social anxiety is a prevalent condition which can be disabling and usually runs a chronic course (2). Several studies on social anxiety disorder report high comorbidity of anxiety disorders, depression, alcohol dependence and personality disorders, most particularly avoidant personality disorder (3,4). Both clinical studies (5,6), and those conducted in the general population (7,8) have demonstrated that social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder frequently show comorbidity. Rates of social anxiety disorder were 9.8% (9) and 11.4% (10) in previous studies conducted among Turkish alcohol dependent inpatients.