Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale
LSAS rates fear and avoidance across social and performance situations. This page is for clinics. Clinician-rated and self-report versions exist and must be named.
Overview
What is the LSAS?
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale lists social and performance situations, each rated for fear and avoidance. It is used to describe social-anxiety burden, not to diagnose by itself.
Development and clinical use
Liebowitz published the scale as a clinician-rated instrument. Self-report versions are widely used later. Mixing version identity with stored scores is a common error.
- Ratings
- Fear and avoidance
- Domains
- Social and performance
- Versions
- Clinician or self-report
- Typical use
- Severity monitoring
- Clinical role
- Severity support
- Diagnosis
- Not established by score
Administration
A focused client experience
Either a clinician or the person completes the authorised version. Fear and avoidance are separate ratings. Digital workflows must name which version was used.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration does not reproduce LSAS situations.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring totals fear and avoidance. This page does not independently verify cutoffs or which version Lirena would run in production.
References
- LSAS descriptionLiebowitz MR. Social phobia. Mod Probl Pharmacopsychiatry. 1987;22:141-173.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the LSAS
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Is LSAS a diagnosis?
No. It describes rated fear and avoidance for clinician review.
Clinician-rated or self-report?
Both exist. Name the version you use.
Can I complete LSAS here?
No. This landing does not collect answers.
Is SPIN the same?
No. SPIN is a different social-anxiety self-report.