Social Anxiety Disorder: Exams And Tests
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Exams and Tests
Social anxiety disorder is diagnosed based on your medical history, physical exam, and sometimes a mental health assessment, which is an evaluation of psychological symptoms.
Blood or urine tests may also be done to rule out other medical conditions that can cause similar symptoms (such as hyperthyroidism).
| Last updated: | August 27, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jeannette Curtis |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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