Americans struggle with anxiety. Among the disorder's most common forms is social phobia, a persistent fear of scrutiny and evaluation by others. Social phobia cripples the lives of some 15 to 20 percent of the US population. This distressing social anxiety includes the fear of public speaking (stag[...]
"Painfully Shy" guides readers in the use of therapies and techniques for mastering social anxiety and shyness, offers counsel in the use of herbal and pharmacological therapy, and outlines important questions for readers' doctors.[...]