Fear of public speaking: social anxiety or specific phobia

[babinski2020]

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If the only info presented about a patient in the question stem is their debilitating fear of public speaking, would that person be diagnosed with social anxiety or a specific phobia?

 

[Anti-PD1]

It's social anxiety with a classifier, performance.

 

[Porcelain Gallbladder]

Specific phobia is always with specific OBJECTS, ANIMALS, THINGS not SITUATIONS!! - Uworld

 

[deleted707454]

beta blocker FTW

 

[DBV]

beta blocker FTW

Unless they have asthma as they always do on these tests

 

[Redpancreas]

It's social anxiety with a classifier, performance.

This OP. Burnt me too many times.

 

[Oso]

thought we were gonna be opening up about our own personal issues .....


.. welp, see ya later then

 

[mehc012]

Unless they have asthma as they always do on these tests

I get what they're trying to test and what the right test-answer is there, but here is some fun reading about how that plays out!