CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in various CBT approaches.

Summarizes the state-of-the-art CBT approaches for each of the DSM anxiety disordersRepresents a one-stop tool for researchers, clinicians, and students on CBT for anxiety disordersFeatures world leading CBT authors who provide an up to date description of their respective treatment approaches in a succinct, and clinician-tailored, fashion

Gregoris Simos is Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Macedonia, Greece. Dr. Simos is the editor ofCBT: A Guide for the Practicing Clinician, Volumes I (2002) and Volume II (2009), and a co-founder and President of the Greek Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies (GACBP).Stefan G. Hofmann is Professor of Psychology at Boston University and the Director of the Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory. He is a former editor of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, incoming editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research, associate editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and author of more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and 9 books, includingAn Introduction to Modern CBT (2011, Wiley-Blackwell). He is also the 2011 President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

List of Contributors vii

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes ix

Introduction 1Gregoris Simos and Stefan G. Hofmann

1 Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia 3Michelle G. Craske and Gregoris Simos

2 ObsessiveCompulsive Spectrum Disorders: Diagnosis, Theory, and Treatment 25David A. Clark and Gregoris Simos

3 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty 57Melisa Robichaud

4 Social Anxiety Disorder: Treatment Targets and Strategies 87Stefan G. Hofmann, Jacqueline Bullis, and Cassidy Gutner

5 Specific Phobias 107Lars-Göran Öst and Lena Reuterskiöld

6 Health Anxiety 135Michel A. Thibodeau, Gordon J.G. Asmundson, and Steven Taylor

7 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder 161Anke Ehlers

8 Culturally Appropriate CBT for the Anxiety Disorders 191Devon E. Hinton and Martin La Roche

9 Newer Generations of CBT for Anxiety Disorders 225Michael P. Twohig, Michelle R. Woidneck, and Jesse M. Crosby

Index 251