Walsh Joseph
School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2027, USA.
Health Soc Work. 2002 May;27(2):137-44. doi: 10.1093/hsw/27.2.137.
Social phobia is classified as an anxiety disorder in psychiatric nomenclature. It represents a fear of performance or social interaction that significantly interferes with a person's social or occupational functioning. The author takes issue with the fact that social phobia is considered by many professionals to be a mental illness that is often treated best with medication. Social phobia can be conceptualized from a social work perspective as an extreme shyness that can be overcome with cognitive learning and behavioral rehearsal. This article reviews the biopsychosocial causes of social phobia and presents a summary of cognitive and behavioral interventions with empirically demonstrated effectiveness.
社交恐惧症在精神病学命名法中被归类为焦虑症。它表现为对表演或社交互动的恐惧，这种恐惧会严重干扰一个人的社交或职业功能。作者对许多专业人士认为社交恐惧症是一种通常用药物治疗效果最佳的精神疾病这一观点提出质疑。从社会工作的角度来看，社交恐惧症可以被理解为一种极端的羞怯，通过认知学习和行为演练是可以克服的。本文回顾了社交恐惧症的生物心理社会成因，并总结了经实证证明有效的认知和行为干预方法。
