Social Anxiety Disorder Now Affects One in Seven Canadian Adults

Almost 1 in 7 adults struggle with social anxiety: study

Nearly 1 in 7 adults are affected by social anxiety disorder (SAD), a new study, published  June 1, from the University of Toronto has found.

Social anxiety disorder now affects one in seven Canadian adults

A new Canadian study has found that social anxiety disorder (SAD) now affects nearly 1 in 7 adults - a 71% increase since 2002 - making it one of the most common mental health challenges in the country.

Canada faces surge in social anxiety

A new Canadian study has found that social anxiety disorder (SAD) now affects nearly 1 in 7 adults — a 71% increase since 2002 — making it one of the most common mental health challenges in the country.

71% Explosion in Social Anxiety Disorder

A new study tracks a 71% explosion in Social Anxiety Disorder, revealing that social phobia now affects 24% of young Canadians.

One in Four Young Canadians Now Carries the Mark of Social Anxiety

Line up a hundred Canadians who are 20 to 24 years old and ask the right questions, and roughly twenty-four of them will describe a life shaped by the fear of being watched, judged, found wanting. Do the same with a hundred people over 65, and the number drops to six. That is not a small wobble between generations. It is a fourfold gap, and it sits at the center of a new national portrait of social anxiety that has caught even the researchers wh…