Essential Handbook of Social Anxiety for Clinicians

W. Ray Crozier (PhD) is Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has published extensively on shyness and embarrassment as well as psychology of art and decision-making, and is the author of Understanding Shyness (Palgrave 2001) and editor of Shyness: Development, Consolidation and Change (Routledge, 2000) He organized the International Conference on Shyness and Self-consciousness held in Cardiff in 1977. Lynn E. Alden (PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She also holds an appointment as clinical supervisor in the psychology internship program at Vancouver General Hospital. She has served as Director of Clinical Training at UBC, as President of the Canadian Psychological Association. In addition, Dr. Alden served as an Associate Editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research. She has published extensively on cognitive-interpersonal perspectives of social anxiety, social phobia, and avoidant personality disorder.

"...An essential book for professionals working with anxiety due to the well-written, researched and scholarly chapters with many relevant references and a useful index." (International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health, Vol 17 (4), 2005) "...an essential book for professionals working with anxiety, due to the well-written, researched and scholarly chapters..." (International Journal of Adolescence Med Health, vol 17, no.4, 2004)

• About the Editors viiList of Contributors ixPreface xvChapter 1 Constructs of Social AnxietyW. Ray Crozier and Lynn E. Alden 1Section One Origins and DevelopmentIntroduction The Development of Social AnxietyW. Ray Crozier and Lynn E. Alden 27Chapter 2 Biological and Environmental Contributions to Childhood Shyness: A Diathesis–Stress ModelLouis A. Schmidt, Cindy P. Polak, and Andrea L. Spooner 33Chapter 3 Behavioral Inhibition: Physiological CorrelatesPeter J. Marshall and Joan Stevenson-Hinde 57Chapter 4 Origins of the Self-Conscious ChildMichael Lewis 81Chapter 5 Behavioral Inhibition, Social Withdrawal, and ParentingKim B. Burgess, Kenneth H. Rubin, Charissa S. L. Cheah, and Larry J. Nelson 99Section Two Clinical Perspectives and InterventionsIntroduction Social Anxiety as a Clinical ConditionLynn E. Alden and W. Ray Crozier 123Chapter 6 Social Phobia in Children and Adolescents: Nature and AssessmentRonald M. Rapee and Lynne Sweeney 133Chapter 7 Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Psychological TreatmentsLynne Sweeney and Ronald M. Rapee 153Chapter 8 Interpersonal Perspectives on Social PhobiaLynn E. Alden 167Chapter 9 A Cognitive Perspective on Social PhobiaDavid M. Clark 193Chapter 10 Social Anxiety, Social Phobia, and Avoidant PersonalityThomas A.Widiger 219Chapter 11 Social Anxiety and DepressionRick E. Ingram,Wiveka Ramel, Denise Chavira, and Christine Scher 241Chapter 12 Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment for Social PhobiaMeredith E. Coles, Trevor A. Hart, and Richard G. Heimberg 265Chapter 13 Psychopharmacological Treatments: An OverviewSean D. Hood and David J. Nutt 287Author Index 321Subject Index 329