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The 59 pages that link to Social anxiety disorder, each with the reason it gives.

• Specific phobiaCompared with: The feared outcome is social judgment, not the object or situation itself.

• Anxiety disorderBroader topic: Its feared situations center on possible evaluation by other people.

• Panic attackCompared with: Social situations may trigger panic symptoms, but the underlying fear concerns evaluation.

• AmygdalaRelated: Amygdala responses to social cues are examined in this disorder.

• Generalized anxiety disorderCompared with: Its fear centers on social evaluation rather than worry across multiple life areas.

• Panic disorderCompared with: Panic symptoms in social anxiety are typically tied to feared social evaluation.

• Systematic desensitizationRelated: Social situations can be arranged by difficulty for graduated exposure practice.

• AgoraphobiaCompared with: The feared consequence is social evaluation, rather than primarily difficulty escaping or obtaining help.

• Avoidance behaviorBroader topic: Avoiding social situations can reduce immediate fear while limiting participation.

• ShameRelated: Fear of shame or visible embarrassment can reinforce social avoidance.

• Body dysmorphic disorderCompared with: Both can cause social avoidance, but body dysmorphic disorder centers on perceived appearance defects.

• Exposure and response preventionRelated: Exposure and dropping safety behaviors overlap with ERP methods.

• Safety behaviorRelated: Rehearsing speech or avoiding eye contact can reduce social threat while sustaining self-focused attention.

• In vivo exposureRelated: Real-world social tasks can directly address feared evaluation and avoidance.

• Virtual reality exposure therapyRelated: Simulated conversations and presentations can serve as practice exposure situations.

• Cognitive restructuringRelated: Restructuring can target predictions of humiliation and judgments about social performance.

• Avoidant personality disorderCompared with: Its social fears overlap, while avoidant personality disorder includes a broader, enduring self-concept and relationship pattern.

• HyperhidrosisRelated: Visible sweating may intensify social fears, though it does not itself establish this disorder.

• ParanoiaCompared with: Fear of judgment can resemble suspicion, but usually centers on embarrassment rather than deliberate harm.

• SertralineRelated: Sertraline can reduce persistent fear and avoidance in this disorder.

• VenlafaxineRelated: Venlafaxine extended-release is prescribed for this condition.

• BuspironeCompared with: Its evidence and role here differ from its established use for generalized anxiety.

• PhobiaCompared with: Its feared situations concern social evaluation rather than a single object or activity.

• AutismCompared with: Social withdrawal can occur in both, but autistic social differences are not defined by fear of judgment.

• TrichotillomaniaRelated: Fear of others noticing hair loss can intensify avoidance and distress.

• Anticipatory anxietyBroader topic: Anticipatory worry often centers on upcoming conversations, performances, or gatherings.

• AnxiolyticRelated: Antidepressants are often used when anxiety is persistent across social situations.

• HypervigilanceRelated: Social threat monitoring can focus on signs of criticism or rejection.

• School refusalRelated: Fear of peers’ or teachers’ judgment can make the school setting feel threatening.

• Separation anxietyCompared with: Its central fear concerns social judgment, not being apart from an attachment figure.

• AssertivenessRelated: Fear of judgment can make assertive expression harder, though the two are distinct concepts.

• Separation anxiety disorderCompared with: Its central fear concerns social judgment, not separation itself.

• Eye contactRelated: Fear of being observed can make direct gaze uncomfortable or difficult to sustain.

• Selective mutismRelated: Fear of social evaluation often accompanies selective mutism, though the conditions are distinct.

• Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorderCompared with: ARFID-related avoidance can impair social meals without being driven by fear of judgment about appearance.

• EmbarrassmentCompared with: Embarrassment is usually situational; social anxiety disorder involves enduring fear and avoidance.

• ParoxetineRelated: Paroxetine is used to treat persistent social anxiety.

• Body image disturbanceRelated: Fear that others will judge appearance can contribute to social avoidance and anxiety.

• Excoriation disorderRelated: Visible lesions or efforts to conceal them can intensify social fear and avoidance.

• Muscle dysmorphiaRelated: Fear of others noticing perceived physical inadequacies can limit social participation.

• Social skillsCompared with: Social anxiety can obstruct interaction even when a person has developed social skills.

• AromanticismCompared with: Aromanticism is not a disorder or a consequence of social fear.

• Dependent personality disorderCompared with: Social anxiety centers on evaluation, whereas dependent personality disorder centers on care and decision-making.

• EmetophobiaCompared with: Fear of vomiting in public may overlap, but concern about judgment can be the primary threat.

• EscitalopramRelated: Escitalopram may be prescribed off-label for this condition.

• Small talkRelated: The ambiguity and expectation of spontaneous conversation can make small talk especially difficult for some people.

• Social anxietyBroader topic: This diagnosis identifies the clinically impairing end of social anxiety.

• GlossophobiaNarrower topic: Glossophobia can be one expression of this broader fear of social judgment.

• Inferiority complexCompared with: Fear of judgment can overlap with inadequacy but is a distinct clinical condition.

• AblutophobiaCompared with: Avoiding bathing may sometimes relate to anticipated judgment, rather than fear of washing itself.