Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Anxiety Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: vignettes and case illustrations; a practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory; resources for specific readers such as clinicians, patients, and family members.

Series Preface. Acknowledgments. SECTION ONE: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT. Chapter 1. Overview of the Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 2. CBT for the Anxiety Disorders: Description and Research Findings. Chapter 3. Assessment of the Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 4. Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning. SECTION TWO: Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 5. Client Psychoeducation. Chapter 6. Cognitive Tools. Chapter 7. In Vivo Exposure. Chapter 8. Imaginal Exposure. Chapter 9. Other CBT Techniques. Chapter 10. Termination and Relapse Prevention. SECTION THREE: ADDITIONAL ISSUES AND TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS. Chapter 11. Additional Treatment Approaches. Chapter 12. Treating Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 13. Consultation and Collaboration with Multidisciplinary Professionals. Chapter 14. Group, Family, and Couples Therapy. Chapter 15. Supervision. Chapter 16. Clinician's Top 10 Concerns and Challenges with Treating Anxiety. Appendix. Resources for Anxiety Treatment for Clinicians and Self-Help for Patients. Index.

The new quick reference for understanding anxiety disorders The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through the most frequently diagnosed mental health problem—anxiety—and its related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete history of the field, conceptualization, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, cutting-edge research, and other critical information. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Anxiety Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: Vignettes and case illustrationsA practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theoryResources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, and patients After discussing the conceptualization and assessment of anxiety disorders, Anxiety Disorders covers treatment with sections on client psychoeducation, cognitive tools, in vivo and imaginal exposure, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, and termination and relapse prevention. Additional issues covered include other treatment approaches; working with children and adolescents; working in group, family, and couples therapy settings; supervision; and concerns and challenges for the clinician. Useful to practitioners as an on-the-shelf resource and to students as a complete overview, the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders provides a complete and quick reference for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders.

Part I: Conceptualization and Assessment Chapter 1 Overview of the Anxiety Disorders Chapter 2 Assessment of the Anxiety Disorders. Chapter 3 What we know about treatment for the anxiety disorders. Chapter 4 Case conceptualization and treatment planning Part II: Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Chapter 5 Psychoeducation Chapter 6 Cognitive tools Chapter 7 In vivo exposure Chapter 8 Imaginal exposure Chapter 9 Other CBT techniques: assertiveness, problem solving, relaxation, etc. Chapter 10 Termination and relapse prevention Part III: Additional Issues and Treatment Considerations Chapter 11 Other treatment approaches (ACT, IPT, etc) Chapter 12 Special issues in treating anxiety in children and adolescents Chapter 13 Consultation and collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals Chapter 14 Group therapy with anxiety disorders and Family and Couples Therapy Chapter 15 Supervision Chapter 16 Clinician's top 10 concerns and challenges with treating anxiety APPENDICES List of treatment manuals and recommended self-help books for clients