Generalized anxiety disorder & worrying : a comprehensive handbook for clinicians and researchers / edited by Alexander Gerlach and Andrew T. Gloster.

Includes index.

ALEXANDER L. GERLACH is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Cologne, where he is Director of the outpatient cognitive behavioral psychotherapy treatment center.

ANDREW T. GLOSTER is Professor of Psychology at the University of Basel, where he heads the Division of Clinical Psychology and Intervention Science.

Table of contents

List of Contributors ix

1 Worry, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and their Importance 1
Alexander L. Gerlach and Andrew T. Gloster

2 Assessing Worry: An Overview 9
Marcia T. B. Rinner and Andrew T. Gloster

3 Perceptions of Threat 25
Keith Bredemeier and Howard Berenbaum

4 Transdiagnostic View on Worrying and Other Negative Mental Content 43
Thomas Ehring and Evelyn Behar

5 Worry and Other Mental Health Problems 69
Markus Jansson‐Fröjmark, Elena Bilevicius, Renée El‐Gabalawy, and Gordon J. G. Asmundson

6 Learning Science and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 99
Ian Stewart, Stephan Stevens, Bryan Roche, and Simon Dymond

7 Cognitive‐Behavioral Models of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Toward a Synthesis 117
Naomi Koerner, Peter McEvoy, and Kathleen Tallon

8 Structural and Functional Neuroanatomy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 151
Anne Schienle and Albert Wabnegger

9 Cultural Perspectives in Understanding, Treating, and Studying: Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 173
Dong Xie

10 Cognitive‐Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 203
Michelle G. Newman, Nur Hani Zainal, and Juergen Hoyer

11 Interpersonal and Emotion‐Focused Therapy (I/EP) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 231
Michelle G. Newman and Nur Hani Zainal

12 Acceptance‐Based Behavioral Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 245
Lizabeth Roemer and Susan M. Orsillo

13 Short‐Term Psychodynamic Therapy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 273
Falk Leichsenring, Christiane Steinert, and Simone Salzer

14 Pharmacological Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 297
David S. Baldwin

15 Internet‐ and Computer‐Based Treatments of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 319
Eni Becker and Gerhard Andersson

16 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in Children and Adolescents 335
Tina In‐Albon, Tove Wahlund, and Sean Perrin

17 The Road Ahead: What Research Paths Should Be Taken in Order to Improve Future Treatments? 369
Andrew T. Gloster and Alexander L. Gerlach

Index 381

"Everyone worries. Some people worry occasionally or transitorily, while others worry frequently or uncontrollably. The ubiquity of worry makes its study far-reaching, important, and exciting. Worry - like most concepts in mental health nomenclature - is not a technical term, however, but rather stems from everyday language's attempt to describe inner-psychic experiences. This, in turn, makes the study of worry difficult and sometimes messy. For example, if you simply ask a person to worry, will this instruction result in the same type of worry that is occurs naturally? Worrying at night, when trying to fall asleep is probably one of the most common situation in which people worry. However, why do we worry some nights and not others ? Is it really simply a question of triggers being responsible for a worry episode to start? Interestingly, in some treatments, asking individuals to worry is used therapeutically. This often results in the new experience that when one actively worries, it is actually less anxiety provoking and much less associated with a feeling of losing control than when worrying occurs spontaneously (compare Gerlach & Stevens, 2014)"-- Provided by publisher.

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