Social Anxiety Disorder: The NICE Guideline on Recognition, Assessment and Treatment

by National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Overview

Social anxiety disorder is persistent fear of (or anxiety about) one or more social situations that is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by the situation and can be severely detrimental to quality of life. Only a minority of people with social anxiety disorder receive help. Effective treatments do exist and this book aims to increase identification and assessment to encourage more people to access interventions. Covers adults, children and young people and compares the effects of pharmacological and psychological interventions. Commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The CD-ROM contains all of the evidence on which the recommendations are based, presented as profile tables (that analyse quality of data) and forest plots (plus, info on using/interpreting forest plots). This material is not available in print anywhere else.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909726031
Publisher:	RCPsych Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Series:	NICE Guidelines Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) was established in 2001 by the UK-based National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to develop guidance on the appropriate treatment and care of people with mental health problems and then write the clinical guidelines. The NCCMH is a partnership between the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Psychological Society.

Table of Contents

Contents

1. Preface
2. Social anxiety disorder
3. Methods used to develop this guideline
4. Improving access to services and the experience of care
5. Case identification and assessment
6. Interventions for adults
7. Interventions for children and young people
8. Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) for specific phobias in adults
9. Summary of recommendations
10. Appendices
11. References
12. Abbreviations