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Etiology and treatment of social anxiety: A commentary
Author(s) -
Bitran Stella,
Barlow David H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20045
Subject(s) - psychopathology , etiology , anxiety , psychology , psychotherapist , set (abstract data type) , social anxiety , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
Substantial advances in our understanding of the etiology and treatment of performance anxiety have occurred during the past decade. It has become clear that the development of efficient and effective treatments cannot be divorced from knowledge of the specific form of psychopathology being treated and that treatments must be tailored to this psychopathology. After describing a current model of the etiology of performance anxiety and social phobia, this commentary notes the common factors present across the rich and diverse set of articles in this issue describing treatments from different approaches and different theoretical orientations. To the extent that these common factors are important mechanisms of action, it is possible that the future will introduce more unified and more effective, efficient, and theoretically informed treatment for performance anxiety as well as the potential for preventive techniques. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session.