Year: 1996 Source: International Clinical Psychopharmacology, v.11, suppl.3, (June 1996), p.9-14 SIEC No: 20040970

The authors present a preliminary report on cross-national rates, age at onset, comorbidity, suicide attempts, & symptom profiles of social phobia, based on data gathered from epidemiological community surveys using similar methods from the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico & Korea. They report that the presence of social phobia increases the risk of suicide attempts in persons with any other psychiatric disorder. (13 refs)