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The DSM-IV criteria stated that an individual cannot receive a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder if their symptoms are better accounted for by one of the autism spectrum disorders such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Unlike some other psychological problems, social phobia is not well understood by the general public or by medical and mental health care professionals, such as doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, social workers, and counselors. In fact, people with social phobia are misdiagnosed almost 90% of the time. People coming to our anxiety clinic with diagnosable DSM-IV social phobia have been mislabeled schizophrenic, manic-depressive, clinically depressed, panic disordered, and personality disordered, among other misdiagnoses.