Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
Ronny BruffaertsMeredith G HarrisAlan E KazdinDaniel V VigoNancy A SampsonWai Tat ChiuAli Al-HamzawiJordi AlonsoYasmin A AltwaijriLaura AndradeCorina BenjetGiovanni de GirolamoSilvia FlorescuJosep Maria HaroChi-Yi HuAimee KaramElie G KaramViviane Kovess-MasfetySing LeeJohn J McGrathFernando Navarro-MateuDaisuke NishiSiobhan O'NeillJosé Posada-VillaKate M ScottMargreet Ten HaveYolanda TorresBogdan WojtyniakMiguel XavierZahari ZarkovRonald C Kesslernull nullPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2022)
The vast majority of individuals with SAD do not receive any treatment. Among those who do, the probability that people treated for SAD obtain treatment they consider helpful increases considerably if they persisted in help-seeking after earlier unhelpful treatments.
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