Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Lifespan An Integrative Approach /

• Main Author: Portman, Michael E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychotherapy.; Psychology, clinical.; Applied psychology.; Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89243-6

Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic, disabling, often lifelong condition affecting millions worldwide. Yet, despite its prevalence, GAD is frequently marginalized, misdiagnosed, and undertreated. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Lifespan provides a practical knowledge base for GAD, iden...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Foreword by John H. Riskind. Preface
• 1. Nature of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• 2. Assessment and Diagnosis. DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• 3. Conceptual Models
• 4. Psychosocial Treatments for Adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• 5. Pharmacotherapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• 6. Special Populations
• 7. Enigmas and Paradoxes
• 8. Future Directions and Recommendations
• Final Remarks. Appendix A: Assessment Tools for Adults and Older Adults. Appendix B: Assessment Tools for Children and Adolescents.