Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder : therapist guides and patient manual / Gavin Andrews, MD, Alison E.J. Mahoney, DPsych, Megan J. Hobbs, PhD, Margo R. Genderson, PhD.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterised by excessive anxiety and worry about everyday concerns such as work, family, relationships, finances, health, and safety. People who worry in a maladaptive way benefit from good, proactive treatment. This is an essential guide for all therapists wh...
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
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2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables and forms; 1 DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder: the product of an imperfect science; Introduction; Creating a useful and reliable psychiatric classification; Balancing tradition and validity; Designing a classification that is valid but withstands media sound bites; Conclusions; Questions for future research; 2 Generalized anxiety disorder assessment measures; Introduction; Structured diagnostic interviews; Symptom measures; 3 Treatment effectiveness; Pharmacological treatments.
- Psychological treatmentsQuestions for future research; 4 Next steps for improving treatment effectiveness; Introduction; Contemporary models of generalized anxiety disorder; Effectiveness of treatment based on contemporary models; The interaction between patient characteristics and treatment approach; Questions for future research; 5 Clinical guides to treatment; Physicians' guide; Clinicians' guide; Summary; 6 Patient treatment manual; Section 1. Understanding generalized anxiety disorder; Section 2. Understanding what keeps your worry going; Section 3. Managing physical symptoms.
- Section 4. Managing thinking symptomsSection 5. Advanced skills for managing worry thoughts; Section 6. Dealing with behaviors that affect worry; Section 7. Advanced skills for facing fears; Section 8. Putting it all together and staying well in the longer term; Record forms for patients; Progressive muscle relaxation exercises; Finding answers to common questions; References; Index.