社しゃ会かい不ふ安あん障しょう害がい

noun

social anxiety disorder; SAD

Psychiatric term for a condition characterized by intense fear of social situations and being negatively evaluated by others.

• 社しゃ会かい不ふ安あん障しょう害がいの治ち療りょうには認にん知ち行こう動どう療りょう法ほうが有ゆう効こうとされている。

  Cognitive behavioral therapy is considered effective for treating social anxiety disorder.

• 彼かれは人ひと前まえで話はなすのが極きょく度どに怖こわく、社しゃ会かい不ふ安あん障しょう害がいと診しん断だんされた。

  He was extremely afraid of speaking in public and was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.