Author Description

In Social Phobia and Social Anxiety, Stefan G. Hofmann and Patricia M. DiBartolo created a book that weaves together the research findings gathered by renowned minds across the various scientific disciplines: social psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, psychiatry, and behavior genetics. Chapters deal with both theory and research; each one is written by different contributors, giving voice to many view points while still synthesizing the emerging data on this topic. Definition of what constitutes social phobia. Assessment of social phobia and its relationship to other psychological disorders. The biological basis of social phobia. Approaches to treating social phobia. Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists; social and developmental psychologists