Discussion on Social Anxiety Disorder: Etiology and Early Clinical Presentation

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Dr. Ballenger: Is there a link between serotonin and behavioral inhibition?
Professor Nutt: Serotonin increases behavioral inhibition and that raises interesting issues as to how SSRIs work in social phobia. As in panic disorder, we may have 2 totally opposite theories.