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Social Anxiety Disorder: A Common, Underrecognized Mental Disorder

American Family Physician, Nov 15, 1999 by Timothy J. Bruce, Sy Atezaz Saeed

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The Authors

TIMOTHY J. BRUCE, PH.D., is an associate professor and director of medical student education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. He is codirector of the department's Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic.

SY ATEZAZ SAEED, M.D., is chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. With Dr. Bruce, he codirects the department's Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic.

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Address correspondence to Timothy J. Bruce, Ph.D., Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 5407 N. University St., Suite C, Peoria, IL 61614; e-mail address: tjbruce@uic.edu. Reprints are not available from the authors.

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Social Anxiety Disorder: A Common, Underrecognized Mental Disorder

American Family Physician, Nov 15, 1999 by Timothy J. Bruce, Sy Atezaz Saeed

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