Title:
Understanding social anxiety : a recovery guide for sufferers, family, and friends / Vera Sonja Maass.
Author:
Maass, Vera Sonja, author.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
RC552.S62 M33 2017
Abstract:
This powerful book explains the debilitating effects of social anxiety and the development of the disorder, emphasizing the need for a resolution of this disorder and identifying common but unhelpful coping mechanisms as well as true methods to change and live life unafraid of social situations.--AMAZON.
ISBN:
9781440841958
Physical Description:
viii, 256 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Overview -- Cultural institutions : a breeding ground for social anxiety -- Coping mechanisms : avoid, avoid, avoid -- Technology obscuring the problem -- Self-help remedies' medication, alcohol, street drugs, food, and more -- Approaching the possibility of change: medical versus mental health -- We act as if our beliefs are true -- Process of change: recognizing the illogical logic of social anxiety -- Reconstructing one's life.
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