Generalized anxiety disorder & worrying : a comprehensive handbook for clinicians and researchers /
Generalized anxiety disorder and worrying
edited by Alexander Gerlach and Andrew T. Gloster.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource
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)"--