Shyness, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, and substance use among normative adolescent populations: A systematic review

Lemyre, Alexandre; Gauthier-Légaré, Audrey; Bélanger, Richard E.

doi:10.1080/00952990.2018.1536882

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“…Additionally, our findings show a significantly positive association between SAD and drug abuse, which is consistent with the findings of a systematic review published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse [14].…”

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Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder among Medical Students from Six Medical Schools in Khartoum State

Suleiman

Elamin

Alobeid

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Background: Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is a type of anxiety disorder which is characterized by significant anxiety and discomfort about being embarrassed, humiliated, rejected, or looked down on in social interactions. Although it affects about 30% of adults worldwide at some point in their lives, lifetime social anxiety disorder affects only about 4% of the world population. People with this disorder experience extreme fear of social interactions (e.g., public speaking and meeting new people). This anxiety affects daily functions and lasts at least six months. They may also experience strong physical symptoms like rapid heart rate, nausea, vomiting, and full-blown attacks. Social phobia can be treated by a combination of psychotherapy and medical treatment (e.g., anti-anxiety, antidepressants, and beta-blockers). Methods: This study was conducted using the Arabic SPIN and a group of questions to assess the associated factors, complications, and sociodemographic determinate of social anxiety disorder and included a total of 375 medical students from different universities and educational years. Results: The overall prevalence of social anxiety disorder among our participants was 61.3%, of which 19.2% had mild, 21.6% moderate, 10.9% severe, and 9.6% had very severe SAD. There was a significant difference regarding self-esteem, academic achievement, and drug addiction between students with social phobia and students with no social phobia. Conclusion: Social phobia is quite prevalent among Sudanese medical students, particularly the severe form of the disorder with no significant gender differences. It seems to affect self-esteem and academic achievement and can be associated with drug addiction.

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Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder among Medical Students from Six Medical Schools in Khartoum State

Suleiman

Elamin

Alobeid

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“…Anxiety rates because of diseases are also higher in young people, affecting the majority people, 28 and such conditions may be the onset of mental illnesses for older ages 29 . Especially, the prevalence of anxiety is more prevalent among female adolescents compared to male agemates 19‐22 . The average age of the female midwifery students participated in the study was about 21%, and 94% of them experienced a low level of anxiety and 5.5% of them experienced a moderate or high level of anxiety.…”

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“…29 Especially, the prevalence of anxiety is more prevalent among female adolescents compared to male agemates. [19][20][21][22] The average age of the female midwifery students participated in the study was about 21%, and 94% of them experienced a low level of anxiety and 5. Studies show that diseases that cause great destruction in societies, such as coronavirus, increase the anxiety rate of humans.…”

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“…In addition to the impact of COVID-19 outbreak, female midwifery students are one of the risk groups for anxiety regarding their age. [19][20][21][22] When the literature is examined, studies on the probability of experiencing anxiety and COVID-19 knowledge levels of female midwifery students, who have to stay at home during the epidemic as members of the society and follow the literature closely as candidates to take part in health services in the future, are limited.…”

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The relationship between COVID‐19 knowledge levels and anxiety states of midwifery students during the outbreak: A cross‐sectional web‐based survey

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Dolu

Cangöl

2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Purpose: To determine the relationship between the anxiety states and knowledge levels of female midwifery students about COVID-19 during the outbreak. Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study carried out with online participation of 972 female midwifery students. Findings: The anxiety levels of the female midwifery students were high among those visiting the hospital during the pandemic and having parents or relatives who had chronic diseases. Female midwifery students had a high level of knowledge regarding COVID-19. Practice Implications: Female midwives of the future will take part in primary health care services in the protection and promotion of health as an important occupational group in the public health system. To determine mental health and psychological needs of them during the outbreak will greatly contribute to the pandemic management process.

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“…Especially to individuals with SUD, VR technology seems very attractive [ 46 ]. Addictive disorders are highly co-morbid with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ 73 ] and social phobia [ 74 ]. Subjects with attention deficits and/or discomfort in groups might particularly benefit from VR therapies, as these might immerse such patients more easily in the therapy as compared to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy elements without VR simulations [ 75 ].…”

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Virtual reality: a powerful technology to provide novel insight into treatment mechanisms of addiction

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Due to its high ecological validity, virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a powerful tool for mental health research. Despite the wide use of VR simulations in research on mental illnesses, the study of addictive processes through the use of VR environments is still at its dawn. In a systematic literature search, we identified 38 reports of research projects using highly immersive head-mounted displays, goggles, or CAVE technologies to provide insight into treatment mechanisms of addictive behaviors. So far, VR research has mainly addressed the roles of craving, psychophysiology, affective states, cognition, and brain activity in addiction. The computer-generated VR environments offer very realistic, dynamic, interactive, and complex real-life simulations requesting active participation. They create a high sense of immersion in users by combining stereoscopic three-dimensional visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile perceptions, tracking systems responding to user movements, and social interactions. VR is an emerging tool to study how proximal multi-sensorial cues, contextual environmental cues, as well as their interaction (complex cues) modulate addictive behaviors. VR allows for experimental designs under highly standardized, strictly controlled, predictable, and repeatable conditions. Moreover, VR simulations can be personalized. They are currently refined for psychotherapeutic interventions. Embodiment, eye-tracking, and neurobiological factors represent novel future directions. The progress of VR applications has bred auspicious ways to advance the understanding of treatment mechanisms underlying addictions, which researchers have only recently begun to exploit. VR methods promise to yield significant achievements to the addiction field. These are necessary to develop more efficacious and efficient preventive and therapeutic strategies.

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Shyness, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, and substance use among normative adolescent populations: A systematic review

Cited by 34 publications

References 95 publications

Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder among Medical Students from Six Medical Schools in Khartoum State

Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder among Medical Students from Six Medical Schools in Khartoum State

The relationship between COVID‐19 knowledge levels and anxiety states of midwifery students during the outbreak: A cross‐sectional web‐based survey

Virtual reality: a powerful technology to provide novel insight into treatment mechanisms of addiction

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