social phobia
MONDO:0001247Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names social phobia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the individual believes that he or she will be scrutinized by others. Exposure to social situations immediately provokes an anxiety response. In adults, the social phobia is recognized as excessive or unreasonable.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001247), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: social phobia
- Also called
- social anxiety disorder