Anxiety disorders – social anxiety disorder (SAD)

People with social anxiety disorder experience a fear or anxiety of social situations in which they might be scrutinised by others.² They worry is that they will be viewed or judged negatively by others, and this worry is almost always provoked by social situations.²

References:

1.Penninx BW, Pine DS, Holmes EA, Reif A. Anxiety disorders. Lancet 2021; 397 (10277): 914–927.

2.American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Fifth Edition – text revision. © American Psychiatric Association, 2022.