Diagnosis of social phobia

The diagnostic criteria for social phobia are as follows: First, presenting significant and persistent fear and anxiety about social situations or social manipulation, and fearing that their performance will lead to negative evaluation. Second, actively avoid social interaction or endure social interaction with strong fear and anxiety. Third, it brings damage to the individual’s work, life, and interpersonal relationships. Fourth, other accompanying symptoms, patients may be accompanied by strong somatic anxiety experience, such as trembling, blushing, sweating, palpitations, dyspnea, abdominal pain, increased blood pressure and other symptoms. Social phobia mostly starts in adolescence, the prevalence is about 3%-13%, the treatment principle of the disease is divided into medication and non-pharmacological treatment, the purpose of medication is to relieve clinical symptoms, non-pharmacological treatment is to correct the patient’s misconceptions, improve social skills, most patients have a better prognosis after treatment.