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List of contents
1. The Experience of Anxiety: Shadow of Intelligence or Specter of Death?
2. Fear, Anxiety, and Theories of Emotion
3. The Nature of Anxious Apprehension
4. The Phenomenon of Panic
5. Provoking Panic in the Laboratory
6. Biological Aspects of Anxiety and Panic
7. True Alarms, False Alarms, and Learned (Conditioned) Anxiety: The Origins of Panic and Phobia
8. The Origins of Anxious Apprehension, Anxiety Disorders, and Related Emotional Disorders: Triple Vulnerabilities
9. Classification of Anxiety Disorders
Timothy A. Brown, David H. Barlow
10. Panic Disorder
Kamila S. White, David H. Barlow
11. Specific Phobias
Martin M. Antony, David H. Barlow
12. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Terence M. Keane, David H. Barlow
13. Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
Stefan G. Hofmann, David H. Barlow
14. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Lizabeth Roemer, Susan M. Orsillo, David H. Barlow
15. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Gail Steketee, David H. Barlow
About the author
David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. Barlow has published over 650 articles and chapters and over 90 books and clinical manuals, mostly on the nature and treatment of emotional disorders and clinical research methodology. His books and manuals have been translated into more than 20 languages. Dr. Barlow’s numerous awards and citations include psychology's three highest honors: the Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association, the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation.
Summary
This landmark work integrates insights from emotion theory, recent advances in cognitive science and neuroscience, and important findings from developmental psychology and learning, to comprehensively examine the phenomena of anxiety and panic.
