Contents -- 1 EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- Recent Developments in the Scientist-Practitioner Movement -- Which Treatments Work? -- Aren't All Treatments Equally Effective? -- Treatment Guidelines -- Managed Care -- The Educated Eclectic Empiricist -- Scientific Literature -- Transfer of Technology -- Measurement of Client Progress -- Components of Good Guidelines -- Standards of Proof -- Summary -- 2 THE NATURE OF ANXIETY -- The Nature of Anxiety: Categorical and Dimensional Views -- The Categorical Perspective: Diagnoses -- Dimensional Perspectives on Anxiety -- Hierarchical Models of Anxiety: A Compromise Between Categories and Dimensions -- Components of the Anxiety Response -- Behavioral Response -- Cognitive Phenomena -- Biological and Physiological Components -- Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning -- Summary -- 3 SPECIFIC FEARS AND PHOBIAS -- Three Systems of Anxiety -- Behavioral Component -- Physiological Component -- Cognitive Component -- Are All Specific Phobias Created Equal? -- Blood/Injury Phobia -- Dental Phobia -- Theories of Etiology and Maintenance -- Conditioning Theory -- Intrapsychic Theories -- Assessment Procedures -- Differential Diagnosis -- Measurement of Progress -- Treatment Procedures -- Participant Modeling or Guided Mastery -- Variants on Exposure -- Treatment Planning -- 4 SOCIAL PHOBIA -- Typology of Social Anxiety -- Social Phobia -- Subtypes -- Cognitive Features -- Behavioral Manifestations -- Biological Findings and Theories -- Assessment -- Differential Diagnosis -- Social Performance -- Fear and Avoidance -- Social Functioning -- Cognition -- Context -- Interventions -- Improving Social Skill -- Specific Procedures -- Scientific Support -- Extinguishing the Anxiety Reponse -- Conditioning Model -- Basic Exposure Procedures -- Empirical Support -- Changing Cognitions -- Cognitive Model.

Specific Procedures -- Empirical Support -- Specific Recommendations -- Group Treatment for Social Phobia -- Patient-Treatment Matching -- 5 PANIC DISORDER AND AGORAPHOBIA -- Description and Conceptualization -- Phenomenology -- Diagnostic Classification -- Prevalence and Course -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Psychodynamic Formulations -- Neurobiological Perspectives -- Cognitive Behavioral Formulations -- Assessment -- Diagnostic Assessment -- Contextual Factors in Assessment -- Monitoring Progress -- Panic Attacks -- Agoraphobic Avoidance -- Cognition and Anxiety Sensitivity -- Treatment Models and Guidelines -- Pharmacological Treatments -- In vivo Exposure for Agoraphobia -- Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Panic -- Behavioral Interventions -- Pharmacological Treatment as an Adjunct to CBT -- Considerations for Treatment Planning -- Treatment Matching -- Minimal and Optimal Interventions -- Common Problems -- Preparing for Termination -- 6 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER -- Phenomenology -- Diagnosis -- Prevalence and Course -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Cognitive Behavioral Approaches -- Biological Approaches -- Assessment of OCD -- Differential Diagnosis -- Symptom Scales -- Idiographic Assessment -- Eliciting Appraisals -- Family Involvement -- Other Considerations -- Treatment Approaches: Empirical Support -- Supportive Psychotherapy -- Pharmacological Treatment -- Behavior Therapy -- Cognitive Therapy -- Conducting Behavior Therapy -- Psychoeducation -- Building a Collaborative Alliance -- Generating a Treatment Plan -- Implementing Exposure -- Implementing Response Prevention -- Between-Session Exposure Exercises -- Cognitive Interventions -- Challenging Cognitions (Cognitive Restructuring) -- Normalizing Intrusive Thoughts -- Behavioral Experiments -- Obsessions Without Overt Rituals -- Family Involvement -- Commonly Encountered Problems.

Planning for the End of Treatment -- Maintenance and Relapse Prevention -- When To Conclude Treatment -- 7 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER -- Description and Conceptualization -- Phenomenology -- Diagnostic Trends -- Prevalence and Course -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Assessment -- Diagnosis -- Assessment of Symptoms -- Assessing Contextual Factors -- Case Formulation -- Treatment Models and Guidelines -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD -- Specific Types of Trauma -- Pharmacological Treatment for PTSD -- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -- Client-Treatment Matching -- Minimal vs. Optimal Interventions -- Common Problems -- Treatment Outcome Evaluation and Life Planning -- 8 GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER -- Description and Conceptualization -- Phenomenology -- Diagnostic Trends -- Prevalence and Course -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Biological Approaches -- Psychological Approaches -- Assessment -- Diagnosis -- Comorbidity -- Questionnaire Assessment -- Assessment of Cognitive Content -- Treatment Models and Guidelines -- Pharmacotherapy of GAD -- Psychological Treatment Studies -- Cognitive Behavior Therapy -- Worry Interventions -- Common Problems -- Treatment Outcome Evaluation and Life Course Planning -- 9 STANDARDS FOR QUALITY CARE -- Ingredients of Quality Care -- Structure -- Process -- Outcomes -- Concrete Steps Toward Improving Outcomes -- Step 1: Get Help -- Step 2: Establish a Basic Measurement System -- Step 3: Evaluate Current Practices -- Step 4: Establish Practice Standards -- Facilitating Changes -- Benchmarking -- Using Treatment Manuals -- Boosting Quality of Treatment -- APPENDIX A: USEFUL MEASURES FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS -- Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire -- Fear Questionnaire -- Gambrill-Richey Assertion Inventory -- Impact of Event Scale -- Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory -- Mobility Inventory.

Penn State Worry Questionnaire -- Social Interaction Self-Statement Test -- Social Performance Survey Schedule -- Sources for PTSD Measures -- Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) -- APPENDIX B: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS -- Treatment Manuals -- Generalized Anxiety and Worry -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Social Phobia -- Specific Phobia -- Supervised Training -- APPENDIX C: OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS VENDORS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.