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02-05-2006, 04:11 AM
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Substance Abuse/ Dependence and Co-Occurring Social Anxiety Disorder
By Sarah W. Book, M.D., M.S.C.R., and Hugh Myrick, M.D.
Psychiatric Times January 2006 Vol. XXV Issue 1
Zimmermann and colleagues (2004) surveyed 150 individuals seeking treatment for an SUD in Switzerland, using the clinician-administered Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and found that 20% of the participants screened positive for generalized social phobia and 42.6% screened positive for nongeneralized social phobia. Myrick and Brady (1997) evaluated 158 individuals entering an outpatient clinical treatment trial for cocaine dependence and found that 13% met criteria for social anxiety disorder. Finally, of 159 individuals seeking treatment for heroin dependence, 18% to 25% screened positive for social anxiety disorder (Grenyer et al., 1992).
Read Whole Article (http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=177101049)
By Sarah W. Book, M.D., M.S.C.R., and Hugh Myrick, M.D.
Psychiatric Times January 2006 Vol. XXV Issue 1
Zimmermann and colleagues (2004) surveyed 150 individuals seeking treatment for an SUD in Switzerland, using the clinician-administered Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and found that 20% of the participants screened positive for generalized social phobia and 42.6% screened positive for nongeneralized social phobia. Myrick and Brady (1997) evaluated 158 individuals entering an outpatient clinical treatment trial for cocaine dependence and found that 13% met criteria for social anxiety disorder. Finally, of 159 individuals seeking treatment for heroin dependence, 18% to 25% screened positive for social anxiety disorder (Grenyer et al., 1992).
Read Whole Article (http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=177101049)