An emerging therapy known as cognitive bias modification, in which software helps subjects divert attention away from anxiety and interpret situations more calmly, helped improve anxiety symptoms in a pilot-scale randomized controlled trial.

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital researchers shows that obese individuals with social anxiety related only to their weight may experience anxiety as severe as individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD).

When you think of people suffering from social anxiety, you probably characterize them as shy, inhibitive and submissive.

By STUART ABEL Education Reporter Stressed University of Plymouth students could be put at ease by the campus's own social networking website. Psychologists and computer experts have teamed up to launch the self-help pages for undergraduates suffering from anxiety or even shyness.

By PAT HAGAN WHEN she was six, Christopher Lane's mother would often pretend to be a horse, galloping around, rather than talking to strangers. When her parents sent her to boarding school to escape wartime London, the anxiety of the separation caused her behaviour to became odder.