Liebowitz M R, Gorman J M, Fyer A J, Klein D F
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1985 Jul;42(7):729-36. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790300097013.
While other anxiety disorders have recently become the subjects of increasing investigation, social phobia remains, except among behavior therapists, relatively unstudied. As a result, major uncertainties exist concerning classification, prevalence, severity, etiology, assessment, and treatment of social phobia. Existing findings do suggest that in its own right and as a comparison for other anxiety disorders, social phobia should prove a fertile area for psychobiological and clinical investigation.