social-anxiety disorder

social-anxiety disorder (usually uncountable, plural social-anxiety disorders)

1. Alternative form of social anxiety disorder.
   • 1999 May 12, Edward R. Silverman, “People who fear people get a pill: FDA clears Paxil for the severely shy”, in The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., →OCLC, page 1, column 5:

     A popular depression pill was approved by regulators yesterday for treating social-anxiety disorders, such as chronic shyness, that affect an estimated 10 million Americans.

   • 2002 July 24, Sam Farmer, “[Ricky] Williams Is Facing the Hidden Truth”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 November 2019:

     It wasn’t until a year ago that he was diagnosed with social-anxiety disorder, a syndrome that leaves sufferers with an intense fear of scrutiny by people in social situations.

   • 2017 October 20, Malia Wollan, “How to Blush Without Shame”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2017:

     For a patient with a straightforward diagnosis of social-anxiety disorder who fears blushing, [Paul] Greene recommends 10 to 15 weekly sessions with a cognitive-behavioral therapist and homework that may include exposure exercises — if talking to strangers provokes a reddened face, you might be tasked with doing just that.