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Social Anxiety Disorder: Relation to Other Anxiety Disorders

Social Anxiety Disorder shares common symptoms and underlying causes with other anxiety disorders such as Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Agoraphobia. Learn about how the disorders are similar, how they differ, and why they tend to occur together.
Selective Mutism
Selective mutism is a disorder usually first diagnosed in childhood in which the child fails to speak in specific social situations.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder: How Do They Differ?
Generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety differ in one important way. Learn how these disorders differ and about the similarities that they share.
Panic Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder: How Do They Differ?
Social anxiety disorder and panic disorder differ in a number of important ways. From the symptoms, to beliefs about the causes of anxiety, people who suffer with panic and SAD can be very different indeed.
Social Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder share some common traits but also differ in important ways. Read about the differences in this article from the About.com guide to Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
The Difference Between Social Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder
Curious to know how Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) differs from Panic Disorder? This article from the Social Anxiety Institute discusses the differences between SAD and Panic Disorder.
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