Social Anxiety
Kelly Schwinghamer
Ms. Lundblom
Composition II
22 March 2014
Social Anxiety With awareness of different mental and psychologically disorders on the rise, one in particular caught my eye. Social anxiety disorder has always intrigued me due to its close relationship to shyness and has sparked many different questions pertaining to how this disorder differs from just being shy. For my research paper, I would like to explore how this disorder’s symptoms are different from being shy as well as explore why people with social anxiety exhibit these symptoms. In exploring why people exhibit symptoms, I hope to find different studies that show how social anxiety disorder affects the brain and how people with the disorder’s brains differ from people who do not suffer from it. Along with this, I would also like to be able to thoroughly explain how the disorder affects the daily lives of sufferers and when symptoms of the disorder begin as well as how to recognize that these symptoms correlate to having social anxiety disorder. For my research paper, I would like to explain different treatments for the disorder and figure their effectiveness as well as why they are effective. I will also examining the correlation between social anxiety and many other different mental or psychological disorders and determining if there is a direct relationship between any two.
Amies, P. L., M. G. Gelder, and P. M. Shaw. "Social Phobia: A Comparative Clinical Study." The British Journal of Psychiatry 142.2 (1983): 174-79. Print. This article discusses a study in which symptoms of people with social anxiety were compared with symptoms of people with agoraphobia. The study was conducted to prove that certain symptoms were distinct to a certain disorder. The symptoms were assessed through clinical, questionnaire, and demographic data. The results showed that symptoms of social anxiety differed from agoraphobia as social anxiety symptoms were more apparent and visible to others.
Ms. Lundblom
Composition II
22 March 2014
Social Anxiety With awareness of different mental and psychologically disorders on the rise, one in particular caught my eye. Social anxiety disorder has always intrigued me due to its close relationship to shyness and has sparked many different questions pertaining to how this disorder differs from just being shy. For my research paper, I would like to explore how this disorder’s symptoms are different from being shy as well as explore why people with social anxiety exhibit these symptoms. In exploring why people exhibit symptoms, I hope to find different studies that show how social anxiety disorder affects the brain and how people with the disorder’s brains differ from people who do not suffer from it. Along with this, I would also like to be able to thoroughly explain how the disorder affects the daily lives of sufferers and when symptoms of the disorder begin as well as how to recognize that these symptoms correlate to having social anxiety disorder. For my research paper, I would like to explain different treatments for the disorder and figure their effectiveness as well as why they are effective. I will also examining the correlation between social anxiety and many other different mental or psychological disorders and determining if there is a direct relationship between any two.
Amies, P. L., M. G. Gelder, and P. M. Shaw. "Social Phobia: A Comparative Clinical Study." The British Journal of Psychiatry 142.2 (1983): 174-79. Print. This article discusses a study in which symptoms of people with social anxiety were compared with symptoms of people with agoraphobia. The study was conducted to prove that certain symptoms were distinct to a certain disorder. The symptoms were assessed through clinical, questionnaire, and demographic data. The results showed that symptoms of social anxiety differed from agoraphobia as social anxiety symptoms were more apparent and visible to others.