Stein, Dan-J; Lim, Carmen-C-W; Roest, Annelieke-M; de-Jonge, Peter; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn-J; Bruffaerts, Ronny; de-Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep-María; Harris, Meredith-G; He, Yanling; Hinkov, Hristo; Horiguchi, Itsuko; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Aimee; Karam, Elie-G; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, Jose; ten-Have, Margreet; Torres, Yolanda; Viana, María-Carmen; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Xavier, Miguel; Kessler, Ronald-C; Scott, Kate-M
(BMC, 2017-07-31)
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a prevalent and disabling disorder. However, most of the available data on the epidemiology of this condition originate from high income countries in the ...