About this Book

A resource for clinicians and researchers on anxiety disorders. It details not only the rigorous diagnostic schemas, underlying psychobiology, and effective pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy interventions developed during the past few decades, but also more recent advances and theoretical and clinical issues in this diverse field. The collection presents the work of 77 US and international experts who cover the phenomenology, aetiology, psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy of every major anxiety disorder (including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder). Sample topics include animals models of fear conditioning, which provide parallels with clinical phenomena such as PTSD, and functional brain imaging, which demonstrates that the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of OCD are characterized by similar changes, providing an opportunity for integrating the brain and mind. The authors also discuss anxiety disorders in relation to children, adolescents and seniors; different medical settings; substance abuse; and culture and society.