基本説明
Brings together leading authorities to review the breadth of current knowledge on the phenomenology, etiology, pathological mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of GAD.
Full Description
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.
Contents
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
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
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
IV: Special Populations
15. Children and Adolescents, Anne Marie Albano and Sabine Hack
16.Older Adults, J. Gayle Beck and Patricia M. Averill
