The impact of social phobia on quality of life: the advantages of anxiety support groups Ieropoli, Sandra and Moore, Kathleen 2002, The impact of social phobia on quality of life: the advantages of anxiety support groups, in Relationships : at home and abroad : proceedings of the 2nd Australasian Psychology of Relationships Conference, 16th-17th November, 2002, Australian Psychological Society, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 59-65. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of social phobia on quality of life: the advantages of anxiety support groups Author(s) Ieropoli, Sandra Moore, Kathleen Conference name Australasian Psychology of Relationships Conference (2nd : 2002 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Australia Conference dates 16-17 November 2002 Title of proceedings Relationships : at home and abroad : proceedings of the 2nd Australasian Psychology of Relationships Conference, 16th-17th November, 2002 Editor(s) Moore, Kathleen Publication date 2002 Start page 59 End page 65 Publisher Australian Psychological Society Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Summary Social phobia is the least well known of the anxiety disorders and it is perhaps also the least well understood. The lifetime prevalence rates for social phobia, which range from 3% to 13%, clearly indicate that social phobia is a widespread mental health problem. Those affected by social phobia often live their lives around the limitations of the disorder including avoidance of social situations, depression and loneliness. Thus for these individuals, social phobia becomes an impairing disorder which can have long-term negative impacts on work performance and social relationships. Anxiety support groups offer an important resource to sufferers of social phobia. Support groups provide a potentially safe and confidential environment in which to interact with others. Support groups also have the potential to help to de-stigmatize the disorders for sufferers as all members share similar concerns that are often not well understood by others. The practical benefits to be derived from anxiety support groups are presented through the discussion of two case studies. ISBN 0909881227 9780909881221 Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004728 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 12 Dec 2021, 23:34:55 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:37:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 864 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:40:45 EST