The treatment of childhood social anxiety disorder

Investigations have begun to accumulate that focus solely on the treatment of childhood social phobia, as opposed to general anxiety symptoms, As a re sult, there is preliminary evidence to support use of pharmacological and p sychosocial treatments. Nonetheless, further research is needed to provide a better understanding of the efficacy of different interventions, and in t he case of psychosocial treatments, different treatment components, for soc ially phobic children across different developmental periods. Moreover, con trolled treatment outcome studies that include specific measures of social anxiety and functioning should provide a better (i.e., more thorough) evalu ation of specific treatment effects for socially phobic children and adoles cents.