A high degree of social anxiety was reported among Lebanese adolescents and was attributed to factors such as parental separation, neglect and child abuse, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
“Social anxiety disorder is a growing problem among adolescents in different communities, with a high prevalence in Lebanon, an early age at onset, and some similarities to other countries of the same socioeconomic status,” Claudia Haddad, PhD, of the research department at Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in Lebanon, and colleagues wrote.
Researchers sought