Shyness: How Normal Behavior became a Sickness

By M. Guha. 2009

106 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Philosophy

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1. Nick Haslam

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Citations in the corpus

• Concept Creep: Psychology's Expanding Concepts of Harm and Pathology (2016, background): “…disorder (a condition of gender, not sexuality), anxiety disorders incorporated social fears and extreme shyness for the first time (“social phobia”; see Lane, 2008), and substance-related disorders expanded to include problematic usage (substance abuse) that fell short of addiction or dependence.”
• Critical Neuroscience: Linking Neuroscience and Society through Critical Practice (2009, background): “Other crucial aspects that need serious consideration are the effects of medicalization (Illich, 1976; cf. Lane, 2007), direct and indirect coercion, and just distribution.”