Sonja Elsaid

Mar 2, 2024 | mdpi.com | Sonja Elsaid |Ruoyu Wang |Stefan Kloiber |Rebecca Haines-Saah

1. IntroductionIndividuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) suffer from intense fear, avoidance of social situations, and a wide range of associated problems. Recent evidence shows that the lifetime prevalence of SAD was 12.1% in the US [1,2,3,4,5]. Only 25% of those affected with SAD are estimated to seek treatment, and only 30% are expected to recover [6].

Dec 9, 2023 | mdpi.com | Sonja Elsaid |Ruoyu Wang |Stefan Kloiber |Bernard Le Foll

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