Main description:

This two-volume, state-of-the-art Handbook on the research and treatment of anxiety and related disorders is the most internationally and clinically oriented Handbook currently available, encompassing a broad network of researchers, from leading experts in the field to rising stars. * The very first handbook to cover anxiety disorders according to the new DSM-5 criteria * Published in two volumes, the International Handbook provides the most wide-ranging treatment of the state-of-the-art research in the anxiety disorders * Offers a truly international aspect, including authors from different continents and covering issues of relevance to non-Western countries * Includes discussion of the latest treatments, including work on persistence of compulsions, virtual reality exposure therapy, cognitive bias modification, cognitive enhancers, and imagery rescripting * Covers treatment failures, transdiagnostic approaches, and includes treatment issues for children as well as the older population * Edited by leaders in the field, responsible for some of the most important advances in our understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders

Contents:

Contributors ix 1 General Introduction 1 Part I Epidemiology and Classification 13 2 Nosology and Classification 15 Dan J. Stein 3 Epidemiology and Natural Course 26 Katja Beesdo-Baum and Susanne Knappe 4 Disability and Costs 47 Ronald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso, Somnath Chatterji, and Yanling He 5 Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care 58 Michael Kyrios 6 Cross-cultural Aspects of Anxiety Disorders 69 Gurvinder Kalra, Alex Till, and Dinesh Bhugra Part II Etiology of Anxiety Disorders 83 7 Learning Theory 85 Yannick Boddez, Frank Baeyens, Dirk Hermans, and Tom Beckers 8 Cognitive Theory 104 Thomas Ehring 9 Information Processing 125 Peter J. de Jong 10 Developmental Psychopathology 148 Sabine Seehagen, Jurgen Margraf, and Silvia Schneider 11 Family Factors 172 Guy Bosmans, Eva Vandevivere, Adinda Dujardin, Kathryn Kerns, and Caroline Braet 12 Emotion Regulation 191 Amelia Aldao and Douglas Mennin 13 Dispositional Basis of Anxiety Disorders 201 David Watson and Sara M. Stasik 14 Genetic Factors and Gene Environment Interactions 213 Eduard Maron and Jakov Shlik 15 Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging 233 Frauke Nees and Herta Flor 16 Neuroendocrinology and Neurotransmitters 254 Jason Gray and Bruce McEwen 17 Psychophysiology 274 Jens Blechert and Frank H. Wilhelm Part III Specific Anxiety Disorders and Anxiety-related Disorders 295 18 Specific Phobias 297 Thomas G. Adams, Craig N. Sawchuk, Joshua M. Cisler, Jeffrey M. Lohr, and Bunmi O. Olatunji 19 Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia 321 Norman B. Schmidt, Kristina J. Korte, Aaron M. Norr, Meghan E. Keough, and Kiara R. Timpano 20 Social Anxiety Disorder 357 Stefan G. Hofmann, B. Turkuler Aka, and Alejandra Piquer 21 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 378 Elizabeth S. Stevens, Alexander A. Jendrusina, Casey Sarapas, and Evelyn Behar 22 Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents 424 Amie E. Grills, Laura Seligman, and Thomas Ollendick 23 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 457 Michelle J. Bovin, Stephanie Y. Wells, Ann M. Rasmusson, Jasmeet P. Hayes, and Patricia A. Resick 24 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 497 David A. Clark and Adriana del Palacio Gonzalez 25 Body Dysmorphic Disorder 535 Corinna M. Elliott, Andrea S. Hartmann, Jennifer L. Greenberg, Anne C. Wilson, and Sabine Wilhelm 26 Hypochondriasis 548 Gaby Bleichhardt and Winfried Rief 27 Sexual Anxiety 567 Nayla Awada, Serena Corsini-Munt, Sophie Bergeron, and Natalie Rosen 28 Test Anxiety 581 Moshe Zeidner Part IV Special Populations 597 29 Anxiety Disorders in Older Adulthood 599 Andrew Petkus, Caroline Merz, and Julie Loebach Wetherell 30 Anxiety Disorders in Non-Western Countries 612 Toshi A. Furukawa Part V Prevention 623 31 Prevention of Anxiety Disorders 625 Heidi J. Lyneham, Ronald M. Rapee, and Jennifer L. Hudson