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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

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The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Abstract

Recent conceptualizations of CBT for anxiety disorders have focused on common core features of the disorders as a target of treatment. In the current chapter, we present a case of a patient treated at our clinic who met diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), and social anxiety disorder (SAD). This case was specifically chosen to illustrate the application of a transdiagnostic treatment approach in which the core features of each disorder (e.g., cognitive distortions, physiological arousal, maladaptive avoidance) were targeted for change. The treatment interventions discussed in the chapter include psychoeducation, self-monitoring, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, interoceptive exposures, and situational exposure with response prevention.

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  1. Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 580, Boston, MA, 02144, USA

    Kristen K. Ellard Ph.D.

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Antonia Chronopoulos Ph.D.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Timothy J. Petersen

  2. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Susan E. Sprich

  3. Simches Research Building, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sabine Wilhelm

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Ellard, K.K., Chronopoulos, A. (2016). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. In: Petersen, T., E. Sprich, S., Wilhelm, S. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2605-3_5

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