# Social Phobia

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- Book: [Social Phobia](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-marshall/social-phobia) ([Social Phobia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-marshall/social-phobia.md))
- Authors: [John Marshall](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-marshall)
- Publisher: Basic Books
- ISBN: 978-04-6507-896-7
- Published: 1995-05-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Everyone feels shy or nervous occasionally, but for millions of Americans even signing a check or eating a sandwich in public evokes enormous anxiety, often leading these people to withdraw entirely from social contact. Long neglected by psychologists, social phobia has now been dubbed the " disorder of the decade." This important book, with its moving case histories, proves that this cruel condition need not doom a person to a life sentence of loneliness and despair. In his ten years of practice in anxiety disorders clinic, John R. Marshall has been a pioneer in recognizing and treating social phobia. Now he presents a vivid portrait of the disorder in all its many manifestations, from a paralyzing fear of eye contact to fear of shopping.