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Social Anxiety Disorder: Children
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• Environmental: People with social anxiety disorder may develop their fear from observing the behavior of others or seeing what happened to someone else as the result of their behavior (such as being laughed at or made fun of). Further, children who are sheltered or overprotected by their parents may not learn good social skills as part of their normal development.
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Specifics on causes are somewhat lacking in available social anxiety disorder information. Most physicians believe it has both genetic and physical factors. A social anxiety parent can unconsciously pass the phobia on to children as a learned response. It is ... possible that social anxiety results from a deficit of the chemical serotonin in the brain, a condition that can often be alleviated with specific medications.
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Family and environmental factors have been suggested to influence the onset of Social Anxiety Disorder. Decreased opportunities to engage children in social interactions, and avoidant or controlling parenting techniques have ... been suggested in the development of the condition (Rubin, LeMare, Lollis: 1990: Barrett, Rapee, Dadds:1996)
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Children showing symptoms of social anxiety disorder may avoid eye contact, speak inaudibly, or fidget and tremble. They may be sweaty or clammy and complain of dizziness, headaches, or stomach aches. Often, children with social phobia don’t want to go to school.
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Note: The majority of children or teens with social anxiety go unnoticed by teachers or parents. They are not children who act out; rather, they are the children who try to remain invisible. These children tend to get recognized when they begin to miss school or their grades start to drop.
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This study examines whether an antibiotic, d-cycloserine (DCS), boosts the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for social anxiety. CBT has been shown to be effective for the treatment of social anxiety in children and adults, but even after treatment, approximately 40% may remain diagnosable.
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