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 Million Americans Sufferfrom Social Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety disorder prevents some 15million Americans from leading normal social and romantic lives, a new surveyfinds.

The disorder leaves many isolated, ashamed andoften misdiagnosed. Thirty-six percent of those with social anxiety disorderhave symptoms for 10 years or more before seeking help, the Anxiety DisordersAssociation of America reports.

“Social anxiety disorder is when somebody hasan intense, persistent and irrational fear of social or performance situations,” Jerilyn Ross, the association’s presidentand CEO, said during a teleconference Wednesday.

“The condition causes people to avoid common,everyday situations and even other people for fear of being judged orcriticized or humiliated or embarrassing themselves,” Ross said.

Social anxiety disorder can interfere withdaily routines and job performance, Ross noted. “Italso makes it very difficult for people to develop friends and romanticpartnerships,” she said.

People with this disorder recognize their fearis excessive and irrational, Ross noted. “But they feelpowerless to do anything about it,” she said.

Social anxiety disorder can start in the earlyteens, Dr. Mark H. Pollack, director of the Center for Anxiety and TraumaticStress Disorders and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, saidduring the teleconference.

“This is a disorder that starts affectingpeople early on,” Pollack said. “The typical age of onset is early adolescence, age 12 or 13, andmany individuals report a history of anxiety dating back to earlier childhood.”

The disorder also has physical symptoms,including heart palpitations, feelings that their throat will close up,sweating, blushing, faintness, trembling and stammering, Ross said.

Among people with the disorder, 75 percent saidthe condition affected their ability to do normal activities. In addition, 69percent said they didn’t want want people to think theywere crazy, and 58 percent said they were embarrassed by their condition, Rosssaid.

However, when the condition is diagnosed andtreated, many reported improvement in their lives. In fact, 59 percent who werereceiving treatment said treatment had a positive effect on their ability tohave a romantic relationship. In addition, 39 percent who had receivedtreatment said knowing that treatment can be successful aided their decision toget help, Ross noted.

练习：

1.people with social anxiety disorder are knownfor their fear of

A being left alone.

B leading normal lives.

C embarrassing other people.

D facing social or performance situations.

2.What do people with social anxiety disorderthink of their fear?

A They think it’sbeyond their control.

B They think it’sbeneficial.

C They think it’scontrollable.

D They think it’sjustified.

3.Which is NOT true of people with socialanxiety disorder?

A They’re oftenisolated and ashamed.

B They find it difficult to get timely treatment.

C They often fail to get timely treatment.

D They tend to judge or criticize other people.

4.The symptoms of social anxiety disorderinclude all the following EXCEPT

A. heart palpitations.

B. sore throat.

C. sweating.

D. blushing.

5.

It can be seen from the last paragraph thattreatment of the disorder

A has no positive effect at all.

B is unavailable to most sufferers.

C tends to be refused by the sufferers.

D can lead to improvement in the sufferers’ lives.试题出处：http://www.examtiku.com/shiti/1680119871.html
网考网参考答案：D、A、D、B、D
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43%的考友选择了A选项
53%的考友选择了B选项
2%的考友选择了C选项
2%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我也是D、A、D、B、D，是不是标准答案，晕
 · 我做了好几遍答案都是D、A、D、B、D
 · 这个答案应该是错的，应该是D、A、D、B、D