Relationship of social phobia with other psychiatric illness

Rate of social anxiety disorder, its comorbidity with depression and paroxetine effects in outpatients in Japan

“…This is in a good agreement with a previous study (70%) by Van Ameringen et al [5]. Interestingly, a recent study reported that social phobia was strongly associated with the subsequent onset of major depressive disorder [8].…”

“…A previous study reported that the comorbidity of social phobia with major depression is 70% and that social phobia usually predates the mood disorder [5]. Another study reported that 35% of patients with social phobia had experienced at least one major depressive episode [6].…”

“…Pharmacotherapy is reported to be effective in the treatment of SAD, as reviewed by elsewhere [5,13]. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), including citalopram, sertraline, fluvoxamine and paroxetine, are known to be effective as well as benzodiazepines at the first-line pharmacologic treatment for SAD.…”

Paroxetine reduces social anxiety in individuals with a co-occurring alcohol use disorder

“…A recent review of pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder and a recent review of treatment recommendations for persons with a co-occurring affective or anxiety and substance use disorders specifically have called for more research on comorbid samples (Stein, Ipser & Van Balkom, 2006;Watkins, Hunter, Burnam, Pincus & Nicholson, 2005), including alcohol use disorders (i.e. alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence), which occurs in about 20% of individuals seeking treatment for social anxiety disorder (Burns et al, 2002;Morris, Stewart & Ham, 2005;Van Ameringen, Mancini, Styan & Donison, 1991).…”

Soziale Phobie als komorbide Störung bei Abhängikeitserkrankungen

“…Patienten mit sozialer Phobie scheinen zur Entwicklung weiterer psychiatrischer Störungen zu disponieren (Ward et al, 1992;Van Ameringen et al, 1991). In der ECA-Studie wiesen nur 29% (Schneier et al, 1992), in der NCS nur 19% eine ausschliessliche soziale Phobie ohne weitere Diagnose auf (Magee et al, 1996).…”