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To the Editor: The article by Schneier (Sept. 7 issue)¹ concerning social anxiety disorder discusses cognitive–behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy as treatment options. There is no mention of the use of psychoanalytically informed treatment, either by itself or in conjunction with the therapies noted. I am a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has practiced and taught for nearly four decades. Without necessarily assigning a similar diagnostic label, I, as well as colleagues, have treated many patients with the symptoms enumerated, with or without some of the coexisting difficulties, and have observed a considerable long-term benefit and continued psychological growth well beyond symptomatic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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