Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572309725 ISBN 13: 9781572309722

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2004

Synopsis

In the last decade, tremendous progress has been made in understanding and addressing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a prevalent yet long-neglected syndrome associated with substantial functional impairment and reduced life satisfaction. This comprehensive, empirically based volume brings together leading authorities to review the breadth of current knowledge on the phenomenology, etiology, pathological mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of GAD. Provided are psychological and neurobiological models of the disorder that combine cutting-edge research and clinical expertise. Assessment strategies are detailed and promising intervention approaches described in depth, including cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, psychodynamic, and pharmacological therapies. Also covered are special issues in the treatment of GAD in children, adolescents, and older adults.

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About the Author

Richard G. Heimberg, PhD, is Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology and Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple at Temple University. He is past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies as well as former editor of the Association's journal Behavior Therapy. Dr. Heimberg is well known for his efforts to develop and evaluate cognitive-behavioral treatments for social anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder and has published several books and more than 300 articles and chapters on these and related topics.

Cynthia L. Turk, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment and Research Program at La Salle University. Previously, she was Associate Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic at Temple and Director of its Generalized Anxiety Program. She received her PhD from Oklahoma State University in 1996.

Douglas S. Mennin, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University and Director of Yale Anxiety and Mood Services. He received his PhD from Temple University in 2001, and with Drs. Heimberg and Turk, helped to establish the Generalized Anxiety Program at the Adult Anxiety Clinic at Temple.

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Part I: Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the Clinic and in the Community 1. Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Features Douglas S. Mennin, Richard G. Heimberg, and Cynthia L. Turk 2. Epidemiology Ronald C. Kessler, Ellen E. Walters, and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen 3. From Anxious Temperament to Disorder: An Etiological Model Jennifer L. Hudson and Ronald M. Rapee Part II: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches 4. Avoidance Theory of Worry Thomas D. Borkovec, Oscar M. Alcaine, and Evelyn Behar 5. Information-Processing Approaches: Assessing the Selective Functioning of Attention, Interpretation, and Retrieval Colin MacLeod and Elizabeth Rutherford 6. The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Etiology and Maintenance Michel J. Dugas, Kristin Buhr, and Robert Ladouceur 7. A Cognitive Model of GAD: Metacognitions and Pathological Worry Adrian Wells 8. Neurobiology Smit S. Sinha, Jan Mohlman, and Jack M. Gorman Part III: Assessment and Treatment 9. Assessment Cynthia L. Turk, Richard G. Heimberg, and Douglas S. Mennin 10. A Meta-Analytic Review of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments Robert A. Gould, Steven A. Safren, David O'Neill Washington, and Michael W. Otto 11. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Robert Leahy 12. Supportive-Expressive Psychodynamic Therapy Paul Crits-Christoph, Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, and Katherine Crits-Christoph 13. Integrative Psychotherapy Michele G. Newman, Louis G. Castonguay, Thomas D. Borkovec, and Christine Molnar 14. Pharmacological Treatment R. Bruce Lydiard and Jeannine Monnier Part IV: Special Populations 15. Children and Adolescents Anne Marie Albano and Sabine Hack 16. Older Adults J. Gayle Beck and Patricia M. Averill

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572309725
• ISBN 13: 9781572309722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 446
• Editor: Richard G. Heimberg, Cynthia L. Turk, Douglas S. Mennin