Author : Klaus Ranta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319167030
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Book Synopsis Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents by : Klaus Ranta
Download or read book Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents written by Klaus Ranta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together research into diverse aspects of social anxiety and its clinical form, social phobia, in adolescents. Development of the condition, clinical manifestations and treatment strategies are all addressed, with emphasis on ways in which adolescent development and context are reflected in the manifestation and treatment of symptoms. The book is divided into three parts that review epidemiological, neurobiological and sociopsychological research on vulnerability factors, examine the phenomenology and assessment of social anxiety and phobia in different developmental contexts and discuss evidence-based prevention and treatment options for adolescent social anxiety and phobia. Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents will be informative and interesting for all child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and psychotherapists as well as for school psychologists and counsellors.