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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.

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

• 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.

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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• AutophobiaCompared with: Social anxiety concerns judgment in social situations, whereas autophobia concerns being alone or isolated.

• GymnophobiaCompared with: Fear of being seen naked may center on scrutiny, though gymnophobia specifically concerns nudity.

• GynophobiaCompared with: Fear of women may be mistaken for broader fear of social judgment.

• PedophobiaCompared with: Fear around children may instead arise from anxiety about interacting or being judged by adults.

• PhilophobiaCompared with: Its central fear is social judgment, not emotional attachment.

• Telephone phobiaCompared with: Telephone phobia may be limited to calls, while this disorder spans broader social situations.