Treating Anxiety Disorders [Paperback]

"Treating Anxiety Disorders is a thorough and comprehensive book that brings together a wealth of up-to-date and practical treatment information of tremAndous value to the clinician." (Barr Taylor, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine)

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

This book is thorough and comprehensive and brings together a wealth of up-to-date and practical treatment information of tremAndous value to the clinician.
--C. Barr Taylor, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine

Offers an illuminating picture of the psychological problems related to anxiety. It outlines effective interventions for problems such as panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias. Also described are specific techniques, including exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation, psychodynamic, and psychotherapy.

This essential resource offers clinicians practical guidance for working with clients whose disorders have life-long negative effects on problems of identity, work, and relationships. In jargon-free language, experts in the field offer the most current information for the successful assessment and clinical treatment of this challenging client population.

Stanford University, CA. Text on clinical techniques and interventions for treatment of anxiety disorders, for psychiatrists. Includes transcripts of sessions illustrating various approaches. Softcover. 18 contributors, 9 U.S. DNLM: Anxiety Disorders - therapy.

The diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders has changed radically in the past few decades. As recently as twenty years ago the now commonplace diagnoses of panic disorder and social phobia did not exist. And in the 1960's treating an anxiety disorder with drugs was looked on with disdain whereas today treatment for anxiety disorders has a foothold in both the biological and psychological arenas. Treating Anxiety Disorders is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the clinical treatment of the most anxiety disorders such as panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias. Written by experts in the field, Treating Anxiety Disorders offers clinicians the information they need to learn the skills necessary to use variety of effective techniques and interventions. The book is filled with numerous examples and outlines such specific techniques as exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation, psychodynamic, and psychotherapy. The book also includes transcripts of dialogues between clinicians and clients that give a clear understanding of how these techniques work in practice. Since so many clients who come for psychological treatment are taking medication, the book addresses the important question of how well psychological and pharmacological therapies mix. Treating Anxiety Disorders is filled with cutting-edge information including:

• How to conduct formal evaluations using structured diagnostic interviews, clinical questionnaires, and what medical tests should be done to screen for medical diseases causing abnormal anxiety
• The key elements to learn for conducting successful exposure therapy
• Guidelines for helping clients to learn to recognize, monitor, and challenge irrational thoughts
• A blueprint for two methods of stress-management that change the physiological component of anxiety disorder
• How transference reactions of the client to the clinician can offer important insights into the thoughts triggering the client's

Filled with case studies, examples, and up to date research, this guide is a comprehensive and valuable resource for the clinical treatment of anxiety disorders.Written by experts in the field, it provides a wealth of information to help clinicians develop more effective skills. The authors outline effective interventions for problems including panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias. They describe such specific techniques as exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation, psychodynamic and psychotherapy. And to illustrate how these methods work in practice, the book presents transcripts of real dialogues between several clinicians and their clients.Treating Anxiety Disorders offers an illuminating picture of the psychological problems related to anxiety, and practical advice on the most effective treatments.

WALTON T. ROTH is chief of the Psychiatric Consultation Service of the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine