pediatrics
Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Diagnosis
Psychiatric assessment Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-5-TR) criteria For social anxiety disorder to be diagnosed, the anxiety must persist for≥6 months and be consistently present in similar settings (eg, children are anxious about all classroom presentations rather than only occasional ones or ones for a specific class). The anxiety must occur in peer settings and not only during interactions with adults. 