Evaluación y diagnóstico de las características de la fobia social en la infancia, análisis de caso clínico.

Abstract

This paper describes the process of evaluation and diagnosis of social phobia disorder in childhood. The anxiety is presented by means of physical and psychological manifestations product of situations or dangers that in some cases are not real, observable behaviors that express a strong social fear in case of criticism or disapproval, however, the person considers them as threatening. The social phobia disorder is characterized by the inability of the child to interact with or be observed by others; among the symptoms that may be present are irritability, fear, crying, tantrums, sweating, stomach pain, redness of the face and neck, dizziness, among others. A bibliographic review was made of scientific articles updated on the subject, psychological interview techniques for parents as well as for the infant, that is to say, direct and indirect sources of information, also of possible psychological instruments for evaluation such as the Spence child anxiety scale, the Liebowitz social anxiety scale, the fear of negative evaluation scale and the anxiety and social avoidance scale, in addition to possible treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy such as stimulus control, exposure technique, cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention, problem solving and its effectiveness in this disorder. Conclusions: The different behavioral and emotional influences have originated in the infantile population symptoms such as worry, difficulty to stay alone; there is prevalence of social phobia in men, on the contrary, the other types of phobias have a greater impact in women.