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NHS CBT and peer groups reduce social anxiety, study finds

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  • Mary (pseudonym) reduced her social anxiety after NHS CBT therapy and peer groups.
  • A University of Chichester study found over one-fifth of UK university students experience social anxiety.
  • Neil Greening of the Social Anxiety Alliance UK says smartphone use and remote work raise anxiety levels.
  • Professor David Clark (University of Oxford) urges stopping self-monitoring, testing fears, and dropping safety behaviours.