Anxiety Disorders (Primer On) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199395128 ISBN 13: 9780199395125

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Anxiety affects millions, manifesting as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety disorder. Not only are anxiety disorders common, but they are also crippling, frequently co-occurring and predict high risk for depressive disorders. Shared mechanisms may explain the overlapping features of many anxiety disorders and account for associations with other highly-impairing conditions, such as major depression and substance use. Beyond risk for specific disorders, anxiety also predicts a number of other adverse outcomes, including suicidal behavior, medical problems, social, and economic difficulties. Conversely, disorder-specific mechanisms may also exist and explain the unique features of each syndrome. Thus, it is important to understand both shared and specific aspects of anxiety.

The Primer on Anxiety Disorders provides early-stage practitioners and trainees, as well as seasoned clinicians and researchers, with need-to-know knowledge on diagnosis and treatment. Clinical cases are used throughout the book to enhance understanding of and illustrate specific disorders, comorbid conditions and clinical issues. To facilitate an integrative approach, content allows clinicians to understand patient characteristics and tailor interventions. The integrated approach of each chapter includes recent research on genetics and neuroscience to understand the mechanisms of anxiety disorders, focusing on the forthcoming new nosology in DSM-5. Chapters further integrate innovative advances in clinical research providing research on a range of discoveries regarding biomarkers of illness, biological predictors of treatments and the effect of treatment on neurocircuitry.

About this title

About the Author:

Kerry J. Ressler, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, received his B.S. degree in molecular biology from M.I.T., and his M.D./Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on translational research bridging molecular neurobiology in animal models with human genetic research. His basic and clinical research examines neurobiological, molecular, genetic and behavioral processes that underlie fear related processing and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Dr. Daniel S. Pine is Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program. Since graduating from medical school at the University of Chicago, Dr. Pine has been engaged continuously in research on pediatric mental disorders. Currently, his group examines the degree to which mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents are associated with abnormalities in the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and brain regions that modulate these structures.

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D. is a professor in psychiatry and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research at the Emory School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory. Dr. Rothbaum specializes in research on the treatment of individuals with anxiety disorders, particularly focusing on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Review:

"All clinicians and clinical scientists working in anxiety disorders who would like a vision of where the field will be in 5 to 10 years should read this Primer. With three of the leading clinical investigators in the world as Editors, and with a first-rate roster of contributors covering all the latest findings from neurotransmitter underpinnings of drug treatments to the neuroscience of psychological treatments, readers can preview likely changes in diagnosis, assessment, and treatment in the years to come. Most importantly, we get a glimpse of a future in which we can individualize treatment based on a sound set of scientifically validated predictors of outcome. A must read!"
- David H. Barlow PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University, Founder and Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston, MA

"The study of anxiety, once the foundational concept for all psychopathology, maps the path for the future of all psychiatric neuroscience and psychobiology, revealing the rich interplay of nature, nurture and development, and yielding therapeutic advances in psychotherapies, psychopharmacology and neurotherapeutics. The publishers, editors and authors of this volume, and the pioneering organization that has brought them together, the ADAA, have delivered a comprehensive, essential and useful volume for the field."
- Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Chief of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

"Among the book's many strengths are its readability, the focus on the important, need-to-know material, and comprehensive summaries of cited research. " -- Jeremy Petrous, Doody's

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199395128
• ISBN 13: 9780199395125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Ressler Kerry