Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents Development, Manifestation
This volume brings together research into diverse aspects of social anxiety and its clinical form, social phobia, in adolescents. Development of the condition, clinical manifestations, and evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies are all address
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Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents
Klaus Ranta • Annette M. La Greca Luis-Joaquin Garcia-Lopez Mauri Marttunen Editors
Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents Development, Manifestation and Intervention Strategies
Editors Klaus Ranta Department of Adolescent Psychiatry Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki Finland Department of Psychology University of Turku Turku Finland Annette M. La Greca University of Miami Coral Gables, FL USA
Luis-Joaquin Garcia-Lopez Department of Psychology University of Jaen Jaen Spain Mauri Marttunen Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse National Institute for Health and Welfare Helsinki Finland Department of Psychiatry University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
ISBN 978-3-319-16702-2 ISBN 978-3-319-16703-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16703-9
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Preface
We hope that this book will prove valuable to a number of audiences. First and foremost, professionals and clinicians working with youth aged from 12 to 20 years of age will readily acknowledge the need for a volume concentrating on social anxiety and phobia in adolescents. This is the case for mental health nurses, specialist teachers, or counsellors working in schools, as well as for clinical psychologists, therapists, or psychiatrists in primary/secondary healthcare services or private sector. All such professionals are likely to repeatedly encounter adolescents who withdraw from peers, display shyness and inhibition in their social contacts, and struggle hard to raise their hand or speak in class. When referred for clinical treatment, often these youth have already begun to miss important peer group gatherings or activities du
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