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Anxiety 2026-07-19 4 min read

Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS): A Professional Tool for Measuring Social Fear and Avoidance

Do social situations make you nervous or avoidant? The LSAS measures both fear and avoidance across 24 common social scenarios in about 5 minutes.

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