Friday, January 6, 2012

Is social anxiety disorder a mood disorder?

No, social anxiety is an anxiety disorder. Mood disorders are limited to the depressive and bi-polar spectrum of disorders. Adler would have been involved with the treatment of depression, which is a mood disorder. But in his day, he would have considered both depression and anxiety, including social anxiety, as forms of neurosis. The concept of a mood disorder is modern.

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