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PANIC DISORDER |
 Master
Your Panic and Take Back Your Life!: Twelve Treatment Sessions to Overcome High
Anxiety, by Denise F. Beckfield, Ph.D. (Paperback, 304 pages, 2nd edition, 1998)
This book features both cognitive-behavioral steps for
change and a thorough discussion of the key emotional issues underlying
panic. Dr. Beckfield provides step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions
and numerous case examples.
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 Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided
Program for Beating the Panic Trick, By David Carbonell, Ph.D. (Paperback,
240pages, 2004) The panic trick is highly effective and has drawn millions
of people into panic attacks and phobias. But you can outsmart and beat this
trick. Panic Attacks Workbook shows you how, with a step-by-step guide from
panic to recovery. The proven methods in this book show how to identify the
panic trick and empower you with the tools to address your fears and solve this
debilitating problem.
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 How to Help Your Loved One Recover from
Agoraphobia, by Karen P. Williams (Paperback, 207 pages, 1993)
This is the first book to help the sufferer's spouse,
parent, child, sibling, or other relative or close friend. You
will learn what agoraphobia is, the best treatments available, how to
offer emotional support, and how families can aid agoraphobics by
forming a family support team.
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 An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for
Overcoming Panic Disorder, by Elke Zuercher-White, Ph.D. (Paperback, 208 pages, 2nd edition
1998) This step-by-step guide to recovery from anxiety and
panic disorder--the number-one mental health problem in
America--offers state-of-the-art treatment methods that have helped
thousands, plus simple, straightforward, and reassuring techniques
that help guard against relapse.
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OBSESSIONS
& COMPULSIONS |
 Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" -- and Parents Say "Way to Go"
by John S. March, M.D. (Paperback, 276 pages, 2006) There’s good news about recovery from childhood OCD, and it’s called
Talking Back to OCD. Dr. March explains with clarity and compassion what parents deserve to hear: They can make a difference in their children’s lives. A highly respected, innovative clinical researcher, he describes each component of recovery in ways that both parents and children will understand and appreciate.
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 The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and
Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.
(Paperback, 304 pages, 1997) Up to six million Americans are afflicted with
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a serious, emotionally crippling
disease. Cleaning, counting, washing, checking, avoiding--these are
just some of the rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop. Now an
expert on OCD reveals breakthroughs in diagnosis, successful new
behavior therapies, drug treatments, and more. HC: Plume.
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 When Once Is Not Enough: Help for
Obsessive-Compulsives, by Gail Steketee, Ph.D. & Kerrin
White, M.D. (Paperback, 229 pages, 1990) Dr. Steketee is a professional friend for whom I have
great respect as a clinician and researcher. Dr. White directs
McLean Hospital's OCD Treatment Center, one of the best in the
country. Together they have designed a self-help book that will
show you how to confront your fears and block rituals with a series of
coping strategies.
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 The
OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by Bruce M. Hyman Ph.D., Cherry
Pedrick
R.N. (Paperback, 237 pages, 2005) Research has established that
a combination of
medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy is the optimal treatment
for
OCD. My friend Dr. Bruce Hyman and his colleague Cherry Pedrick have
created an intensive, self-directed program that teaches a person with
OCD how to block or postpone rituals, reduce fears, and change unhealthy
thought patterns. Included are self-assessments, ways to enlist the help
of family and friends, and approaches to overcoming specific disorders.
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 The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body
Dysmorphic Disorder, by Katharine A. Phillips M.D. (Paperback, 357
pages, 1998) In The Broken Mirror, Dr. Katharine Phillips draws on years of clinical
practice and detailed interviews with over 200 patients to bring readers
the first book on body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, in which sufferers
are obsessed by perceived flaws in their appearance. BDD may afflict as
much as two percent of the population, or nearly five million people.
Many sufferers are able to function well in society, but remain secretly
obsessed by perceived flaws in their appearance (like their
"hideous acne" or "horrible nose").
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 What to Do When your Child has
Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder: Strategies and Solutions, by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD., (Paperback,
444 pages, 2002)
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SOCIAL ANXIETIES |
 Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety &
Phobia, by Barbara G. Markway, Ph.D., Cheryl N. Carmin, Ph.D., C.
Alec Pollard, Ph.D., & Teresa Flynn, Ph.D. (Paperback, 199
pages, 1995) Dr. Pollard is a long-time colleague and friend.
The entire team of writers have great expertise in these subject.
This book provides clear and supportive instruction for assessing your
fears, practicing relaxation and deep breathing, and improving or
developing new social skills. Get this book for a step-by-step
program to handle your anxieties.
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 Beyond Shyness: How to Conquer Social Anxieties, by
Jonathan Berent, ACSW with Amy Lemley (Paperback, 1994) A leading psychotherapist explains how to conquer the
entire range of social anxieties, and demonstrates how anyone of any age
can set specific goals that work toward the development of lasting
self-esteem -- the core of healthy social interaction.
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 The Hidden Face of Shyness: Understanding &
Overcoming Social Anxiety,
by Franklin Schneier, M.D. & Lawrence Welkowitz, Ph.D. (Paperback,
271 pages, 1996) This illuminating book sheds light on all forms of
social and performance anxiety. Using dozens of vivid case studies, the
authors discuss the sources of anxiety, both common and rare variants,
and describe treatment, from state-of-the-art medication to
psychotherapy to methods readers can do themselves.
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 In the
SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and
Performing by Janet Esposito, MSW. (Paperback, 176 pages, 2000)
Janet Esposito really
demonstrates her expertise in the area of overcoming performance anxiety
in her book, In The SpotLight.
The reader immediately becomes aware that Janet “gets it” on a
personal level, having suffered the problem herself at one time.
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 Social Phobia: From Shyness to Stage Fright, by John R.
Marshall, MD (Paperback, 240 pages, 1995) Long neglected by psychologists, social phobia has now
been dubbed the "disorder of the decade". This important book,
with its moving case histories, proves that this cruel condition need
not doom a person to a life sentence of loneliness and despair.
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 Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia: A Step-By-Step
Guide, by Ronald M. Rapee (Paperback, 120 pages, 1998) Considering that social anxiety disorder is the third most common mental
health disorder (after depression and alcoholism), Dr. Rapee's book is a
must for every clinician's library as well as an invaluable resource for
those suffering from social anxieties. Readers can work
systematically through the nine lessons to conquer social fears on their
own or they can use the book in conjunction with ongoing therapy.
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 The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven
Techniques for Overcoming Your Fears, by Martin M. Antony, Ph.D. &
Richard P. Swinson, M.D., (Paperback, 216 pages, 2000) This is a just-released step-by-step guide to overcoming
fear of social interaction. It provides a comprehensive overview
and includes behavioral skill-building exercises that have been proven
effective in most cases.
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY &
WORRY |
 
The
Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You,
Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D. (paperback, 322 pages), Harmony
Books, 2006. Dr. Leahy is one of the world’s leading
theorists in cognitive therapy, and we are fortunate that
he set time aside to apply his principles to worry and the
struggles of those diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Within
his seven steps are numerous strategies to shine a light
on every nook and cranny of the worry process. Good
book. Read
it. Use it.
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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS |
 Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for
Survivors and Those Who Love Them, by Aphrodite Matsakis , Ph.D.
(Paperback, 288 pages, 1998) The author guides survivors through a process of strengthening existing
bonds, building new ones, and ending self-perpetuating cycles of
withdrawal and isolation. Step-by-step exercises help readers
learn how to make their important relationships a context for healing.
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 Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Men and Women Who Were
Sexually Abused as Children, by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis, (Paperback,
112 pages, 2003)
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ANXIETIES IN GENERAL |
 Triumph Over Fear: A Book of Help and Hope for
People with Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Phobias, by Jerilyn Ross, MA
(Paperback, 1995) Jerilyn Ross, a long-time colleague and friend, is
President & CEO of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
Ross combines her firsthand account of overcoming her own disabling
phobia with inspiring case histories of recovery from other forms of
anxiety, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and
post-traumatic stress disorder. The book includes the latest research on
anxiety disorders in children, plus advice for dealing with family
members and employers.
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 Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, by Edmund J. Bourne Ph.D.
(Paperback, 428 pages, 2nd Rev. edition 1995) This practical workbook contains a complete discussion
of phobias and anxiety disorders and suggests step-by-step methods of
treating them. Each chapter concludes with a summary of "Things to
Do" and a list of suggested further reading. Questionnaires,
exercises, and charts are featured throughout the book.
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 Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term
Recovery,
by Reneau Z. Peurifoy, MA (Paperback, 192 pages, 1997) Reneau is a long-time professional colleague of mine who has a deep
commitment to helping those with anxiety. Here you will learn
about the core causes of anxiety, then study a self-help program that
will challenge your negative thinking and help you gain control of your
daily activities. Three case examples will illustrate how to
succeed.
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 Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety, by Robert Gerzon
(Paperback, 337 pages, 1998)
In this groundbreaking book, my colleague Robert Gerzon
approaches the age-old problems of anxiety, stress, and fear from a new
perspective, one that leads to personal and spiritual growth. He dispels
the myth that all anxiety is bad and shows that it is a natural--even
sacred--part of life. Gerzon brings the surprising message that
"learning how to be anxious about the right things in the right
way" may actually be our most direct route to serenity.
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 Healing Fear: New Approaches to Overcoming Anxiety, by
Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D. (Hardcover, reprint edition, June 2000) The author of "The Anxiety and Phobia
Workbook" offers proven strategies for battling anxiety, inspired
by his struggle with his own obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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 The Anxiety Cure: An Eight-Step Program for Getting
Well, by Robert L. Dupont, M.D., Elizabeth Dupont Spencer, M.S.W. &
Caroline M. Dupont, M.D. (Paperback, 256 pages, 1998)
Dr. Bob Dupont is a long-time friend of mine and
founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
Help from a top author team for the estimated 27 million Americans with
anxiety disorders. This books provides a practical guide featuring
a step-by-step, eight-point program for curing the six kinds of anxiety.
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 Transforming Anxiety, Transcending Shame, by Rex Briggs,
MSW (Paperback, 280 pages, 1999) Here is my endorsement appearing on the book's cover:
"Rex Briggs has written a very important book. He makes a
clear case that anxiety is not to be demonized but to be learned from
and used to enhance our humanity. Transforming Anxiety,
Transcending Shame will be rewarding reading for anyone who believes
that self-understanding can lead to self-determination. If you
suffer from anxiety, then this book is for you. In a direct,
perceptive way Mr. Briggs prescribes a more powerful approach to healing
than any medication or any specialist’s approach.
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 The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, by
Martha Davis, Ph.D., Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Ph.D. & Matthew
McKay, Ph.D. (Paperback, 276 pages, 5th edition, 2000)
The bible on stress reduction marks its 20th anniversary
with this revised and expanded edition featuring a reader-friendly
format with additional techniques, diagrams, examples, and information
reflecting the latest research. The chapters on meditation, thought
stopping, and coping-skills training have been substantially reworked,
and a new chapter on worry control has been added.
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 The Worry Control Workbook, by Mary Ellen Copeland,
(Paperback, 208 pages, 1998).
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The
10 Best-ever Anxiety Management Techniques,
by Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D. (paperback, 224 pages, 2008)When
you suffer from continued anxiety and worry, you feel as though
there is something basically wrong with the biochemistry of your
brain. Not true. Your brain is the world’s most brilliantly complex machine, and it functions impeccably. The problem is that it can learn in a heartbeat how to protect you from threat; but once it learns, it doesn’t
unlearn easily. If you struggle with panic disorder, generalized
anxiety or social anxiety, in this book you will find a solid combination
to unlock this learning process within the brain, and the good
news is: your brain will be an excellent student. Dr. Wehrenberg
has done the work to create the right learning environment and
to organize your needed tools. If you follow her lead, your body
and mind will thank you with the peace and quiet you deserve.
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RELAXATION, MEDITATION |
Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety and Depression, Elisha
Goldstein, Ph.D. (68-minute CD, 2007)
This
CD introduces the listener, in three tracks lasting 28 minutes,
to the concept of mindfulness and its benefits for anxiety
as well as depression. Then three tracks of guided meditations,
of progressing lengths (5 minutes, 17 minutes, 25 minutes),
offer different ways to quiet the mind and body, and are
there for your repeatedly use. This is a soothing, well-grounded
introduction to and demonstration of mindfulness meditation.
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MEDICATIONS |
 The Essential
Guide to Psychiatric Drugs by Jack M. Gorman, M.D. (Paperback, 416
pages, 1998) Informative, accessible, and easy to use, The Essential
Guide to Psychiatric Drugs has become a classic indispensable resource
for the layperson and professional alike. With detailed descriptions of
all the psychiatric medications available today, including their uses,
side-effects, cost, dosage, and more, consumers can take an active role
in their mental health and know what to expect from specific drugs.
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CHILDREN |
 Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve
Anxiety in Children, by John S. Dacey & Lisa B. Fiore, (Paperback,
256 pages, 2001)
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 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Help for Children and
Adolescents, by Mitzi Waltz, (Paperback, 384 pages, 2000)
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 Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children, by
Richard Kagan, Ph.D., (Paperback, 374 pages, 2004)
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Freeing Your Child from Anxiety,
Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., (paperback, 308 pages) Broadway Books,
2004.
The subtitle of this book is “powerful, practical strategies
to overcome your child’s fears, phobias and worries,” and
that is an accurate assessment of this excellent resource.
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Professional
Books & Publications |
PANIC DISORDER |
 Phobic Disorders and Panic in Adults: A Guide to
Assessment and Treatment, by Martin M. Antony & Richard P.
Swinson,
(Hardcover, 422 pages, 2000)
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 Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, by Eric Hollander &
Dan J. Stein, (Hardcover, 544 pages, 2002)
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 Panic Disorder: A Critical Analysis, by Richard J.
McNally, (Hardcover, 276 pages, 1994)
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 Psychological Treatment of Panic: Treatment Manuals for
Practitioners, by David H. Barlow, (Paperback, 230 pages, 1988)
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 Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of
Anxiety and Panic, by David H. Barlow, (Hardcover, 704 pages, 2002)
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 Health Anxiety: Hypochondriasis and Related
Conditions,
by Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Brian J. Cox & Steven Taylor (Editors),
(Hardcover, 448 pages, 2001)
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OBSESSIONS &
COMPULSIONS |
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 Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, by Gail S.
Steketee, Ph.D. (Paperback, 224 pages, 1996) My colleague Dr. Gail Steketee has written this
practitioner's manual for treating OCD. An invaluable guide for
planning and conducting a complete behavioral treatment program.
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 OCD in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral
Treatment Manual, by John S. March, M.D. & Karen Mulle, M.S.W.
(Hardcover, 298 pages, 1998) The authors are both at the Program in Child and
Adolescent Anxiety Disorders at Duke University Medical Center, with my
friend Dr. March as the Director.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Spectrum: Pathogenesis,
Diagnosis, and Treatment, by Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias, M.D. & Fugen A.
Neziroglu, Ph.D. (Hardcover, 1997) Here is a comprehensive review of all the OCD spectrum
disorders, their distinct features and the therapeutic methods to bring
them under control.
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 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Theory, Research, &
Treatment, by Richard P. Swinson, M.D., Martin M. Antony, Ph.D., S.
Rachman, Ph.D. & Margaret A. Richter, M.D. (Editors), (Hardcover,
478 pages, 1998) Contains 18 contributions. Topics include
diagnostic issues, cognitive and behavioral features of the disorder,
the seratonin hypothesis, genetics of the disorder, psychosocial
treatments, biological treatments, the disorder among children and
adolescents, and related disorders.
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Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders |
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 Tic Disorders, Trichotillomania, and Other Repetitive
Behavior Disorders: Behavioral Approaches to Analysis and Treatment, edited
by Douglas W. Woods and Raymond G. Miltenberger, (Hardcover, 319 pages,
2001).
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 Trichotillomania, edited by Dan J. Stein, M.B.,
Gary A. Christenson, M.D. & Eric Hollander, M.D., (Hardcover, 344
pages, 1999).
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 Biobehavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum
Disorders: Biobehavioral Treatment and Management, by Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias,
M.D. & Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D. (Hardcover, 237 pages, 1997)
An integrative, research-based approach to treating OCD.
With a focus on the practical, this book integrates behavioral and
pharmacological approaches to OCD and related disorders, such as
hypochondriasis, eating disorders, and compulsive self-harm. It covers
behavioral, cognitive, biological, and pharmacological treatments
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 Current Treatments of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:
Second Edition, by Michele Tortora Pato & Joseph Zohar (Editors),
(Hardcover, 252 pages, 2001)
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 Tic Disorders, Trichotillomania, and Other Repetitive
Behavior Disorders: Behavioral Approaches to Analysis and
Treatment, edited by Douglas W. Woods and Raymond
G. Miltenberger, (Hardcover, 319 pages, 2001). This
is a detailed, edited book, built around the well-tested
habit reversal procedure. You will learn a comprehensive
protocol for each of the disorders, with session-by-session
interventions to orient you.
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SOCIAL ANXIETIES |
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 Shy Children, Phobic Adults: Nature and Treatment of
Social Phobia, by Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D. & Samuel M. Turner, Ph.D.
(Hardcover, 324 pages, 1997) The authors are long-time contributors to the field of
anxiety disorders and currently are on faculty at the renowned Medical
University of South Carolina. The book presents recent advances in the
understanding of social phobia. It isolates the controversies that have
yet to be resolved and provides a clear description of effective
treatments now available.
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER |
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Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Evidence-Based
Strategies, Tools, and Techniques, Jayne
Rygh and William Sanderson, (paperback, 210 pages) Guilford, 2004.
Clear, highly organized and step-wise. Structures are provided
for each of the three targeted areas: cognitive, physiological and
behavioral. Cognitive gets the most attention, with about 12 different
protocols. For those new to the treatment of GAD, client responses
on two forms—the Worry Episode Log and the Rational Response
Form—will give you ample material to work with over several sessions.
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SIMPLE PHOBIAS |
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Phobias: A Handbook of Theory, Research and Treatment,
by Graham C. L. Davey, (Paperback, 470 pages, 2000)
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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS |
 Early Intervention for Trauma and Traumatic Loss, edited
by Brett T. Litz, (Hardcover, 338 pages, 2003).
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 Traumatic
Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and
Society, by Bessel A. Vander Kolk, M.D., Alexander C. McFarlane,
M.D. & Lars Weisaeth, M.D., Ph.D. (Editors), (Hardcover, 596 pages,
1996) Featuring contributions from the world's leading experts,
this integrated work summarizes the current state of our knowledge about
the ways people deal with extreme stress, and the ways in which
professionals can help them recover.
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ANXIETIES IN GENERAL |
Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic (Second Edition)
by David H. Barlow, Ph.D. (Paperback, 704 pages, 2004)
"Barlow has once again produced a masterpiece.  This volume combines comprehensive reviews of theory and research with innovative, clinically meaningful, empirically based models of each anxiety disorder. Like its predecessor, it will serve as the preeminent guide for research and treatment development for years to come. This book should be required reading for clinicians and clinical scientists working with anxiety disorders. Its clearly presented, readable content also makes it a highly appropriate text for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level psychopathology courses." --T. D. Borkovec, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University.
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 Handbook of the Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders, by
Carol Lindemann, Ph.D. (Editor), (Hardcover, 296 pages, 2nd
edition, 1996) My long-time friend Dr. Carol Lindemann has put together
a team of experts in cognitive therapy, behaviorism, psychopharmacology,
and psychodynamic and group therapy.
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 Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety
Disorders, by Robert L. Leahy and Stephen J. Holland (Paperback, 332 pages,
2000).
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 Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive
Perspective,
by Aaron T. Beck, M.D., Gary Emery, Ph.D. & Ruth L. Greenberg, Ph.D.
(Paperback, 368 pages, 1990) Here is the first book in the field to present a
comprehensive cognitive model for understanding and treating anxiety
disorders and phobias. "This important book lays the groundwork for
cognitive therapy of phobias and anxiety disorders and offers promise
for significant advances in therapeutics".
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 The
Prevention of Anxiety and Depression, edited by David J.A.
Dozois & Keith S. Hobson, (Hardcover, 244 pages, 2003).
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 The Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety, by Michael
W. Vasey & Mark R. Dadds (Editors), (Hardcover, 510 pages, 2001)
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 Anxiety Disorders in Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach
to Psychological Treatment, by Peter D. McLean & Sheila R. Woody,
(Hardcover, 369 pages, 2001)
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 Anxiety
Rescue: Simple Strategies to Stop Fear from Ruling Your
Life, by Kathryn Tristan (paperback, 191 pages). Here
is a practical, cleverly written book from one who has
recovered.
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MEDICATIONS |
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CHILDREN |
 Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Research, Assessment and
Intervention, by Wendy K. Silverman & Philip D. A. Treffers,
(Editors), (Paperback, 256 pages, 2001)
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 Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, by John
S. March, MD (Editor), (Hardcover, 448 pages, 1995) A comprehensive resource for researchers and clinicians,
presenting theory, assessment, disorders, and treatment approaches.
Includes numerous case examples.
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