Understanding and treating social anxiety in youth.
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common mental health problem that usually starts in early life and persists without treatment. It is impairing, brining the risk of peer problems, school under attainment, depression and suicidality. The need for effective and accessible treatment of SAD is evident. In this talk, I will describe our approach to this challenge. I will share insights from our work examining the cognitive and behavioural mechanisms of social anxiety in adolescence, and then I will outline development and progress with our brief digital therapy.

This seminar is hosted in person and online, to join online, please use the Zoom details below:

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Meeting ID: 935 9873 6019
Passcode: 897963
Date: 11 March 2025, 9:30
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Speaker: Eleanor Leigh (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Psychiatry
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: rania.elgarf@psych.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Mina Fazel (NIHR Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford )
Part of: Psychiatry Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Rania Elgarf