The recommended NHS option for teenagers – or parents concerned about their teenager – is to consider a referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). You can find your local NHS CAMHS service via via www.nhs.uk – child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). CAMHS referrals are often done by a GP (after a GP appointment) but you may also be able to ask your teenagers’s school, health visitor, or youth or social worker to make a referral.
Multiple self-help books – for teenagers and parents – are listed further below but seeking professional help as early as possible can be important. The NHS social anxiety webpage states “For some people it gets better as they get older. But for many people it does not go away on its own without treatment”. This is why it is so important to find the right help as early as you can.
For older teenagers – and because waiting times are long – you may also want to consider other NHS options.
Please also see:
YOUNGMINDS pages on Guide to CAMHS
MINDs pages on CAMHS information – for 11-18 year olds
According to the USA based National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 9.1% of adolescents (13-18) suffer with social anxiety. See www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/social-anxiety-disorder
Please also see the “child and young people” sections within NICE Social Anxiety Guidelines for the General Public and NICE Clinical Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
Please also see the recent book that includes mutiple authours based withn the UK Social Anxiety Research Group OxCADAT – “Overcoming social anxiety and building self confidence – a self-help guide for teenagers”
International links relating to social anxiety in teenagers :
Verywellmind.com : Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Teenagers
Anxietycanada.com : Children and Teens with Social Anxiety
Other books relating to social anxiety in teenagers:
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