Understanding the Nature of Panic Disorder
Michael W. Otto and Mark H. Pollack
in Stopping Anxiety Medication: Workbook (2 ed.)
Chapter 2 explores panic disorder, including the panic (alarm) response, panic attack symptoms and the survival value of symptoms of panic, the panic cycle, and fear-of-fear cycle. ...
Panic Attacks Are Not Harmful
Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Therapist Guide (4 ed.)
Chapter 7 discusses how panic attacks are not harmful, and it corresponds to chapter 4 of the patient workbook. It covers the session outline, therapist behaviors, an objective ...
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Anxiety Disorders and Depression in Military Personnel
Nathan A. Kimbrel and Eric C. Meyer
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Anxiety disorders and depression are common among military personnel. Early identification and evidence-based interventions are critical. This chapter discusses the prevalence, assessment, ...
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Panic and Agoraphobia
Marco Del Giudice
in Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach
The chapter discusses panic disorder and agoraphobia. Panic disorder is defined by recurring panic attacks, dramatic episodes in which a surge of autonomic activity is accompanied by ...
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Negative Cycles of Panic and Agoraphobia
David H. Barlow and Michelle G. Craske
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook (4 ed.)
Chapter 3 discusses negative cycles of panic and agoraphobia, and covers the purpose of anxiety and panic, the physical symptoms, thoughts, and behaviors of panic and anxiety, the panic and ...
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Stress, Worry, and Panic Disorder
Michael W. Otto and Jasper A. J. Smits
in Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Workbook
Chapter 10 discusses stress, worry, and panic disorder, and how the exercise treatment program can be used to target these issues. This includes recognising and deferring worries, panic ...
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Learning Breathing Skills and Understanding Your Negative Thinking
Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook for Primary Care Settings
Chapter 2 discusses how to learn breathing skills and to understand negative thinking. It covers goals, record keeping, typical mistaken beliefs about panic symptoms (insanity, losing ...
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Riding the Wave: Workbook
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and David A. Spiegel
This online resource is designed to be used by adolescents in conjunction with treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia. It contains easy-to-understand explanations and downloadable ...
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Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents: Therapist Guide: Riding the Wave
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and Sara G. Mattis
This online therapist guide is specifically designed for working with adolescents with panic disorder and agoraphobia. It features the program developed at the Center for Anxiety and ...
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Introductory Information for Therapists
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and Sara G. Mattis
in Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents: Therapist Guide: Riding the Wave
Chapter 1 explores introductory information for therapists on the background and purpose of the program, disorder or problem focus, diagnostic criteria for panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia, ...
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Session 1: Introduction to Treatment and the Three Component Model
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and Sara G. Mattis
in Mastery of Anxiety and Panic for Adolescents: Therapist Guide: Riding the Wave
Chapter 4 outlines the first session of the treatment program, and introduces the adolescent to the treatment and the three component model. Assessment is used to identify the pattern of ...
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The Nature of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Therapist Guide (4 ed.)
Chapter 2 provides information about the nature of panic disorder and agoraphobia, including diagnostic criteria for PD, agoraphobia, and panic attacks, features of the disorders, ...
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Anxiety Disorders: Social Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder
Myrna M. Weissman, John C. Markowitz, and Gerald L. Klerman
in The Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Updated and Expanded Edition
This chapter discusses the use of IPT for patients with social anxiety disorder (social phobia) and panic disorder. Anxiety and depression frequently overlap, and the focal IPT problem ...
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Getting Started
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and David A. Spiegel
in Riding the Wave: Workbook
Chapter 1 introduces panic disorder (PD), and this treatment program. PD is defined and explored, along with scales to determine the severity of the client's PD, the general structure of ...
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Sessions 6–10 Facing Feared Situations
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and David A. Spiegel
in Riding the Wave: Workbook
Chapter 7 details the format for the sixth to tenth sessions of treatment. These sessions explore avoidance, safety behaviors, exposing yourself to feared situations, your fear and ...
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Pharmacological Treatments for Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, and Social Anxiety Disorder
Ryan J. Kimmel, Peter P. Roy-Byrne, and Deborah S. Cowley
in A Guide to Treatments That Work (4 edn)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the first-line pharmacological treatment for panic disorder based on their low rate of side effects, lack of dietary restrictions, and ...
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Psychoeducation about Anxiety, Fear, and the Role of Exposure
Jasper A. J. Smits, Mark B. Powers, and Michael W. Otto
in Personalized Exposure Therapy: A Person-Centered Transdiagnostic Approach
Chapter 10 is an accessible primer on the human alarm system and an introduction to exposure therapy. This general resource should be read by clinicians as an overall summary and may also ...
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Assessment Strategies
Jasper A. J. Smits, Mark B. Powers, and Michael W. Otto
in Personalized Exposure Therapy: A Person-Centered Transdiagnostic Approach
Chapter 9 serves as a supplement to Chapter 4 and includes a list and brief description of available self-report measures that can help determine if the clinician and the patient are ...
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Core Module 4: Awareness of Physical Sensations
Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, Brian A. Buzzella, Shannon M. Bennett, and David H. Barlow
in Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Therapist Guide
Chapter 4 gives adolescent clients a greater awareness of the body’s reactions during intense and/or distressing emotion states. Principles of interoceptive or “sensational” exposure are ...
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Panic Attacks Are Not Harmful
David H. Barlow and Michelle G. Craske
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook (4 ed.)
Chapter 4 discusses how panic attack are not harmful, and covers the fight-or-flight response, the autonomic nervous system, the various body effects of a panic attack, how physical ...
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