Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features

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Autor(a) principal: Menezes,Gabriela Bezerra de
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Fontenelle,Leonardo F., Versiani,Márcio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To investigate possible differences in clinical and treatment response in patients suffering from early-onset (< 18 years) and late-onset (>18 years) social anxiety disorder. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder of early-onset (n = 47; 75.8%) were compared to those diagnosed with late-onset social anxiety disorder (n = 15; 24.2%) in terms of age, mode of onset, subtype, psychiatric comorbidities (according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV), symptom severity and response (assessed according to the Clinical Global Impression scale) after at least ten weeks of drug treatment. The statistical analyses included chi² tests with Yates correction or Fisher's exact test, as well as Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney test. The level of statistic significance adopted was 5%. RESULTS: Patients presenting early-onset phobic symptoms more frequently: were inactive (chi² = 4.28; df = 1; p = 0.04); suffered from the generalized subtype of social phobia (chi² = 6.53; df = 1; p = 0.01); and presented psychiatric comorbidity (chi² = 6.71; df = 1; p = 0.01). No differences were observed between the groups in severity of symptoms and therapeutic response. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest the existence of a possible social anxiety disorder subtype characterized by early onset of symptoms, higher rates of absenteeism, a wider range of social phobia symptoms and psychiatric complications.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
title Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
spellingShingle Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
Menezes,Gabriela Bezerra de
Anxiety disorders
Phobic disorders
Age of onset
Absenteeism
title_short Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
title_full Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
title_fullStr Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
title_full_unstemmed Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
title_sort Early-onset social anxiety disorder in adults: clinical and therapeutic features
author Menezes,Gabriela Bezerra de
author_facet Menezes,Gabriela Bezerra de
Fontenelle,Leonardo F.
Versiani,Márcio
author_role author
author2 Fontenelle,Leonardo F.
Versiani,Márcio
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Menezes,Gabriela Bezerra de
Fontenelle,Leonardo F.
Versiani,Márcio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Anxiety disorders
Phobic disorders
Age of onset
Absenteeism
topic Anxiety disorders
Phobic disorders
Age of onset
Absenteeism
description OBJECTIVE: To investigate possible differences in clinical and treatment response in patients suffering from early-onset (< 18 years) and late-onset (>18 years) social anxiety disorder. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder of early-onset (n = 47; 75.8%) were compared to those diagnosed with late-onset social anxiety disorder (n = 15; 24.2%) in terms of age, mode of onset, subtype, psychiatric comorbidities (according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV), symptom severity and response (assessed according to the Clinical Global Impression scale) after at least ten weeks of drug treatment. The statistical analyses included chi² tests with Yates correction or Fisher's exact test, as well as Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney test. The level of statistic significance adopted was 5%. RESULTS: Patients presenting early-onset phobic symptoms more frequently: were inactive (chi² = 4.28; df = 1; p = 0.04); suffered from the generalized subtype of social phobia (chi² = 6.53; df = 1; p = 0.01); and presented psychiatric comorbidity (chi² = 6.71; df = 1; p = 0.01). No differences were observed between the groups in severity of symptoms and therapeutic response. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest the existence of a possible social anxiety disorder subtype characterized by early onset of symptoms, higher rates of absenteeism, a wider range of social phobia symptoms and psychiatric complications.
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