Lorna is very fearful of speaking in public, specifically be…
Lorna is very fearful of speaking in public, specifically because she is highly anxious of being negatively evaluated by others. This fear has caused her issues in her job for the past year as she has tried to avoid coming to work on days where she must make presentations critical to her job (i.e., by faking being sick) or, when she has presented, she has done so with significant anxiety due to fear of others’ evaluations, causing her to not present as well as she could. The most appropriate diagnosis based on this information is:
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