Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street,Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Addict Behav. 2012 Oct;37(10):1158-61. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.04.016. Epub 2012 May 7.
There is increasing interest in the co-occurrence of social anxiety and addiction. Each investigation has a specific vantage point, e.g., the effect social anxiety has in a population with addiction or that of addiction in a population with social anxiety, which could create unique findings. Among comorbid individuals, is social anxiety more severe in people seeking treatment for anxiety, as compared to those seeking treatment for addiction? This report compares social anxiety severity between subjects in two studies--one involving socially anxious individuals (n=38) seeking treatment for addictions; the other (n=41) subjects with social anxiety and an alcohol use disorder, seeking treatment for social anxiety. Baseline severity scores on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for social anxiety were compared between the groups. No significant differences were found. For both groups, social anxiety was largely in the severe range. The results suggest that clinicians should attend to social anxiety symptom severity in patients with co-occurring social anxiety and addiction, regardless of the condition for which treatment is sought.
社交焦虑和成瘾共病的现象越来越受到关注。每一项研究都有其特定的视角，例如，社交焦虑在成瘾人群中的影响，或者成瘾在社交焦虑人群中的影响，这些都可能产生独特的发现。在共病患者中，与寻求成瘾治疗的患者相比，寻求焦虑治疗的患者的社交焦虑程度是否更严重？本报告比较了两项研究中受试者的社交焦虑严重程度，一项涉及寻求成瘾治疗的社交焦虑个体（n=38），另一项涉及有社交焦虑和酒精使用障碍、寻求社交焦虑治疗的个体（n=41）。比较了两组患者的 Liebowitz 社交焦虑量表的基线严重程度评分。结果显示两组之间没有显著差异。对于两组患者来说，社交焦虑程度都处于严重范围。研究结果表明，临床医生应关注共病社交焦虑和成瘾患者的社交焦虑症状严重程度，而不论患者寻求哪种治疗。
