Treating generalized anxiety disorder : evidence-based strategies, tools, and techniques

Treating generalized anxiety disorder : evidence-based strategies, tools, and techniques / Jayne L. Rygh and William C. Sanderson.

This highly practical manual provides evidence-based tools and techniques for assessing and treating clients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rygh, Jayne L.
Other Authors: Sanderson, William C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Anxiety > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cognitive therapy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Evidence-based medicine.
44.91 psychiatry, psychopathology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Anxieties & Phobias.
SELF-HELP > Anxieties & Phobias.
Evidence-based medicine
Anxiety
Cognitive therapy
Angststoornissen.
Behandeling.
Angoisse.
Thérapie cognitive.
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of tables, figures, and handouts
  • ch. 1. Generalized anxiety disorder : diagnosis, theories, and treatment
  • Diagnostic criteria
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Coexisting conditions
  • Prevalence and life course
  • Genetic factors
  • Environmental factors
  • Costs associated with GAD
  • Treatment outcome studies
  • Behavioral and cognitive theories of anxiety disorders, and related treatment techniques
  • Theories of GAD
  • Conclusions
  • ch. 2. A general description of CBT techniques
  • ch. 3. Assessment and treatment planning
  • Diagnostic clinical interviews
  • Self-report measures for diagnosis and severity
  • Assessing idiosyncratic aspects of GAD
  • Assessing problematic patterns in past and current relationships
  • Assessing pleasurable activity
  • Tailoring treatment to fit the individual client.
  • ch. 4. Socialization to treatment
  • General information about anxiety and worry
  • Presentation of the model used in treatment
  • Presentation of the treatment rationale and techniques
  • Problematic client responses in the socialization to treatment
  • ch. 5. Treating the cognitive component
  • Cognitive restructuring
  • Positive imagery
  • Worry exposure
  • Improving problem orientation
  • Cost-benefit analysis of coping responses
  • Scheduled worry time
  • Worry-free zones
  • Problematic client responses to cognitive techniques
  • ch. 6. Treating the physiological component
  • Progressive muscular relaxation (PMR)
  • Diaphragmatic breathing
  • Self-control desensitization
  • Applied relaxation
  • Problematic client responses to relaxation techniques
  • ch. 7. Treating the behavioral component
  • Response prevention
  • In vivo exposure
  • Pleasurable activity scheduling.
  • ch. 8. Supplementary treatment techniques
  • Mindfulness
  • Emotional processing and regulation training
  • Interpersonal effectiveness
  • Time management
  • ch. 9. Ending treatment
  • Self-directed continuation of treatment
  • The importance of cognitive-behavioral therapy for GAD in the evolving health care environment
  • References
  • Index.

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