Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-64).

1. Description -- Terminology -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Course and prognosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Depression -- Social anxiety -- Specific phobia -- Panic disorder with agoraphobia -- Obsessive compulsive disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Comorbidities -- Diagnostic procedures -- Interviewer-administered measures -- Self-report severity measures -- Assessing suitability for treatment -- 2. Theories and models of generalized anxiety disorder -- Worry as cognitive avoidance -- Positive beliefs about worry -- Uncertainty and worry -- Information-processing biases associated with GAD -- Metaworry -- Implications for treatment -- 3. Diagnosis and treatment indications -- Key features to be assessed -- Situational triggers -- Physical features -- Information processing -- Cognitive avoidance strategies -- Intolerance of uncertainty -- Function of worry -- Interpersonal issues -- Behavioral avoidance -- Metaworry -- Comorbidities -- Functional impairment -- Overview of effective treatment strategies -- Factors that influence treatment decisions -- Age, sex, and ethnicity -- Education -- Family and relationship factors -- Client preference -- Treatment history -- Ability to articulate cognitions -- Severity of positive beliefs about worry -- Comorbidities -- 4. Treatment -- Methods of CBT -- Psychoeducation -- Cognitive strategies -- Exposure-based strategies -- Relaxation and acceptance-based strategies -- Mechanisms of action -- Cognitive models -- Behavioral and emotional processing models -- Acceptance-based models -- Efficacy and prognosis -- Efficacy of CBT -- Combination treatments -- Medication treatments -- Comparing and combining medications and CBT -- Overcoming barriers to treatment -- Treatment ambivalence -- Homework noncompliance -- Adapting treatment for comorbidities -- Adapting treatment for different age groups -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Adapting treatment for different cultures -- 5. Case vignette -- 6. Further reading -- 7. References -- 8. Appendix: Tools and resources.