The Clinician's Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Smits, Jasper A. J.; Baird, Scarlett; Powers, Mark; Otto, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Clinician's Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment provides evidence-based strategies for clinicians looking to treat, assess and better understand anxiety sensitivity in their patients. The book delivers detailed guidance on the theoretical background and empirical support for anxiety sensitivity treatment methods, assessment strategies, and how clinicians can best prepare for sessions with their clients. Bolstered by case studies throughout, it highlights anxiety sensitivity as a transdiagnostic risk factor while also looking at the importance of lower-order sensitivity factors (physical, social, cognitive) in treatment planning, implementation and evaluation.

• Examines anxiety sensitivity as a transdiagnostic risk factor
• Provides an overview of clinical assessment strategies, such as self-report and behavioral
• Highlights the importance of lower-order anxiety sensitivity factors for treatment
• Outlines strategies for effective implementation of exposure therapy
• Looks at computerized treatment methods
• Includes a companion website that features scripts and worksheets for clinical use

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 203
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128134962
• Artikelnr.: 54672619

Autorenporträt

Professor of Psychology at University of Texas Austin. Federally funded investigator of studies testing the efficacy of behavioral and integrative interventions for anxiety and related disorders, and has published over 150 works, 30 of which have focused on anxiety sensitivity. Dr. Smits is a member of the scientific council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and serves as associate editor for Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Therapy and Research, and Journal of Anxiety Disorders. He has edited a number of books, including Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness; Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health, and the Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.Professor of Psychology, Director of the Translational Research Program at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University. Dr. Otto specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. He has current and past federal funding from NIMH and NIDA, and his research focuses on difficult-to-treat populations, including the application of cognitive-behavioral strategies to patients who have failed to respond to previous interventions, as well as developing novel strategies for bipolar disorder and substance use disorders. Current research includes investigations of potential moderators of CBT efficacy, as well as health behaviors ranging from medication adherence to engagement in exercise. Dr. Otto has published over 400 articles, chapters, and books, and is past President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and member of the Scientific Advisory Board fo

r the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Anxiety Sensitivity as a Transdiagnostic Treatment Target 2. Assessing Anxiety Sensitivity 3. Integrating Patients' Anxiety Sensitivity Profile into One's Case Formulation and Treatment Planning 4. Treating Anxiety Sensitivity in Individuals with Anxiety Disorders 5. Optimizing Outcome for Pain Disorders by Treating Anxiety Sensitivity 6. Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment as an Aid to Smoking Cessation 7. Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment for Children and Adolescents 8. Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity as a Prevention Strategy 9. Anxiety Sensitivity and Your Clinical Practice