Book Description:
This book addresses aspects related to the recognition, diagnosis and management of social anxiety disorder (SAD) under a critical and innovative perspective. Therefore, it gathers contributions from renowned researchers in the field through both theoretical and empirical studies. The main topics covered will be theoretical and empirical models, heritability, instruments for assessment of symptoms and diagnosis, self-esteem, social skills, different approaches for treatment of SAD (social skills training, group cognitive-behavioural therapy, self-administered psychological interventions based on virtual interactions on the Internet, transcranial magnetic stimulation, ayahuasca and other hallucinogens).

The possibilities of treatment and management of music performance anxiety will also be discussed by means of a literature review and clinical study. This book offers – to clinicians, researchers and/or mental health students – the opportunity to learn and update existing information concerning SAD, a frequent condition which compromises the quality of life and the psychosocial functioning of many individuals. (Nova Biomedical)

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. A Review of the Main Explanatory Models of Social Anxiety (pp. 1-28)
(Valeria E. Morán and Fabian O. Olaz)

Chapter 2. Heritability of Social Anxiety Disorder (pp. 29-44)
(André Luiz Moreno, Flávia De Lima Osório and José Alexandre De Souza Crippa)

Chapter 3. Assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Current Overview of Instruments (pp. 45-64)
(Diogo Araújo De Sousa, André Luiz Moreno and Flávia De Lima Osório)

Chapter 4. Social Skills and Self-Esteem in Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder (pp. 65-94)
(Larissa Aguiar Magalhães, Antonio Paulo Angélico and Marcos Santos de Oliveira)

Chapter 5. Social Anxiety Disorder in the University Student Context: Evaluation and Promotion of Interactions (pp. 95-118)
(Alessandra Turini Bolsoni-Silva and Fabiane Ferraz Silveira Fogaça)

Chapter 6. Self-Help Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder (pp. 119-134)
(Kentaro Shirotsuki, Shota Noda, and Sho Okawa)

Chapter 7. Psychological Interventions on the Internet for Social Anxiety (pp. 135-150)
(Rodrigo da Cunha Teixeira Lopes, Carolina Pereira Dittz and Lelio Moura Lourenço)

Chapter 8. Clinical Implications of Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment with Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (pp. 151-162)
(Mariângela Gentil Savoia and Silvia Sztamfater)

Chapter 9. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Social Anxiety Disorder (pp. 163-182)
(Tathiana Pires Baczynski, Sergio Machado and Antonio Egidio Nardi)

Chapter 10. The Therapeutic Potential of Ayahuasca and Other Serotonergic Hallucinogens in the Treatment of Social Anxiety (pp. 183-206)
(Rafael G. dos Santos, Flávia L. Osório, José Alexandre S. Crippa, José Carlos Bouso, Jaime E. C. Hallak)

Chapter 11. Musical Performance Anxiety: Perspectives for Management and Treatment in the Literature and from the Musician’s Point of View (pp. 207-222)
(Ana Beatriz Burin and Flávia de Lima Osório)

About the Editors (pp. 223-224)

Index (pp. 225)

Total Pages: 232