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Yul Brynner
Last Reset: 03:05, 14 May 06
Two routes to social phobia have been identified. One is through a family history of anxiety, and a second is through a history of language impairment. Both paths appear to be independent of each other.
His name is "Jeff"; he is age 25 and a likeable fellow. The problem is that he has a speech impediment, so it's hard to understand what he says. It is possibly because of this problem that he has never asked a girl for a date.
Jeff is not alone. A new longitudinal study out of Canada, and in press with the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, has found that youngsters with speech and language problems are three times more likely to suffer from social anxiety (social phobia) at age 19 than are youngsters without such problems.
This finding is valuable because little has been known about the origins of social anxiety, even though it is one of the most common mental health problems.
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posted Saturday, 3 June 2006
tags: social phobia anxiety disorder social anxiety