Ask your classmates if they’ve ever had anxiety when speaking with someone new or going to a party, and we’re sure a few hands will go up. Raise the question with the adults in your life, and you’re ...

A neuroimaging study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging has identified hyperactivity in the superior occipital ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated whether the gut microbiota plays a causal role in modulating behaviors relevant to social anxiety disorder (SAD). SAD, a ...

EMP-01 met its primary objective on safety and tolerability, demonstrating a generally favorable and manageable safety and tolerability profileEMP-01 demonstrated a clinically meaningful ...

atai Life Sciences announces Phase 2 study of EMP-01 for social anxiety disorder, with results expected in Q1 2026. atai Life Sciences has announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2 study ...

Around 12% of people live with social anxiety.

Almost everyone has felt some jitters before speaking in public or walking into a party. For some people, however, that everyday shyness can become so crippling that they’re unable to give a ...

Feeling nervous in social situations is something we all experience from time to time, more often in situations where we may face criticism or experience rejection or evaluation; for example, going on ...

What is social anxiety and how can it impact your personal and professional life? - The NHS defines social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, as a long-term and overwhelming fear of social ...

When we first meet Anxiety, the latest emotion helping a 13-year-old girl named Riley in Disney's summer blockbuster "Inside Out 2," the character introduces herself by saying that Fear - another ...

Social anxiety and agoraphobia share several characteristics. However, they are two distinct conditions with various key differences. Social anxiety and agoraphobia are two different conditions that ...

MIAMI — Symptoms of social phobia in children may be a harbinger of adolescent alcohol use, a new study suggests. "Social phobia seems to be a risk factor for alcohol use in kids, but it's not just ...