NIH R01 · 2024
SCH: INT: Context-Aware Micro-Interventions for Social Anxiety
Reactivity to perceived social threats is a normative response that has considerable adaptive value to establish one’s position in a social hierarchy, but also routinely goes awry when perceived threats are exaggerated. For example, social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most prevalent mental disorders, affecting 12.1% of the U.S. population at some point in their lifetime, resulting in serious impairment and a poorer quality of life. Yet, individuals with SAD often wait more than a decade before seeking treatment, if they ever do seek care, given that social avoidance is a core feature of social anxiety. This makes seeking in-person services very difficult, so there is a crucial need…
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