Anxiety disorders
Subtitle: theory, research, and clinical perspectives
By: edited by Helen Blair Simpson ... [et al.].
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780511789663; 9780521515573
Subjects: Psychopathology; Anxiety disorders; Anxieties & Phobias; SELF-HELP; Angststoornissen; Anxiety Disorders; PSYCHOLOGY
Description: "Anxiety disorders are amongst the most common of all mental health problems. Research in this field has exploded over recent years, yielding a wealth of new information in domains ranging from neurobiology to cultural anthropology to evidence-based treatment of specific disorders. This book offers a variety of perspectives on new developments and important controversies relevant to the theory, research, and clinical treatment of this class of disorders. Clinicians will find reviews of state-of-the-art treatments for panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as controversies over diagnostic and treatment issues. Researchers will find in-depth consideration of important selected topics, including genetics, neuroimaging, animal models, contemporary psychoanalytic theory, and the impact of stressors. This book illustrates the enormous advances that have occurred in anxiety research and describes the evolving multi-disciplinary efforts that will shape the future of the field"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Jeffrey Lieberman; title: 1. Introduction : the need for an interdisciplinary approach / Helen Blair Simpson ... [et al.]; title: Part I. Evolving Concepts of Anxiety; title: 2. The epidemiology of anxiety disorders / Jonathan S. Comer and Mark Olfson; title: 3. Development of the nosology of anxiety disorders / Michael B. First, Desiree K. Caban and Roberto Lewis-Ferna ndez; title: 4. The emergence of social phobia as a major medical condition / Michael R. Liebowitz; title: 5. Anxiety as signal, symptom and syndrome / Robert A. Glick and Steven P. Roose; title: 6. New concepts in the evolution and development of anxiety / Myron A. Hofer; title: Part II. Challenges in Diagnosing Pathological Anxiety; title: 7. Challenges in OCD research : overcoming heterogeneity / Anthony Pinto, Marco A. Grados and Helen Blair Simpson; title: 8. Is there a spectrum of social anxiety disorder? / Franklin R. Schneier and Jami Socha; title: 9. Co-occurring anxiety and depression : concepts, significance, and treatment implications / Patrick J. McGrath and Jeffrey M. Miller; title: 10. Understanding health anxiety / Kelli Jane K. Harding ... [et al.]; title: 11. Axis II and anxiety disorders / Matthew J. Kaplowitz and John C. Markowitz; title: 12. 'Idioms of distress' (culturally salient indicators of distress) and anxiety disorders / Devon E. Hinton and Roberto Lewis-Ferna ndez; title: Part III. Understanding the Causes of Anxiety; title: 13. Current status of research in the genetics of anxiety disorders / Nicole R. Nugent ... [et al.]; title: 14. Animal models of anxiety disorders : behavioral and genetic approaches / Jesse W. Richardson-Jones ... [et al.]; title: 15. Role of the cortex in the regulation of anxiety states / Noelia V. Weisstaub ... [et al.]; title: 16. Learned fear and innate anxiety in rodents and their relevance to human anxiety disorders / Joshua A. Gordon and Avishek Adhikari; title: 17. Brain systems underlying anxiety disorders : a view from neuroimaging / Amit Etkin and Tor D. Wager; title: 18. Cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders : model and current issues / James P. Hambrick, Jonathan S. Comer and Anne Marie Albano; title: 19. The stressor Criterion A in post-traumatic stress disorder : issues, evidence, and implications / Bruce Dohrenwend; title: 20. Attachment, separation, and anxiety disorders / Elizabeth Sagurton Mulhare, Angela Ghesquiere and M. Katherine Shear; title: 21. Non-human primate models in understanding anxiety / Navin A. Natarajan, Ranjeeb Shrestha and Jeremy D. Coplan; title: Part IV. Treatment of Anxiety: Current Status and Controversial Issues; title: 22. Evidence-based treatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: questions and controversies / Carolyn Rodriguez and Helen Blair Simpson; title: 23. Treatment of social anxiety disorder / Franklin R. Schneier, Kristin Pontoski and Richard G. Heimberg; title: 24. Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder / Gregory M. Sullivan, Eun Jung Suh and Yuval Neria; title: 25. Panic disorder / Smit S. Sinha and Donald F. Klein; title: 26. Treatment of late-life generalized anxiety disorder / Laszlo A. Papp, Ethan E. Gorenstein and Jan Mohlman; title: 27. Childhood anxiety disorders : best treatment options and practice / Hilary B. Vidair and Moira A. Rynn; title: 28. Brain stimulation in the treatment of anxiety disorders / Antonio Mantovani and Sarah H. Lisanby; title: 29. Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to the treatment of anxiety / Sapana R. Patel, Anthony J. Tranguch and Philip R. Muskin; title: 30. The treatment of anxiety disorders in primary care / Mayumi Okuda ... [et al.]; title: 31. Future directions / Helen Blair Simpson ... [et al.]