The new quick reference for understanding anxiety disordersThe 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 illustrations* A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory* Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, and patientsAfter 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 AssessmentChapter 1 Overview of the Anxiety DisordersChapter 2 Assessment of the Anxiety Disorders.Chapter 3 What we know about treatment for the anxiety disorders.Chapter 4 Case conceptualization and treatment planningPart II: Treatment of Anxiety DisordersChapter 5 PsychoeducationChapter 6 Cognitive toolsChapter 7 In vivo exposureChapter 8 Imaginal exposureChapter 9 Other CBT techniques: assertiveness, problem solving, relaxation, etc.Chapter 10 Termination and relapse preventionPart III: Additional Issues and Treatment ConsiderationsChapter 11 Other treatment approaches (ACT, IPT, etc)Chapter 12 Special issues in treating anxiety in children and adolescentsChapter 13 Consultation and collaboration with multidisciplinary professionalsChapter 14 Group therapy with anxiety disorders and Family and Couples TherapyChapter 15 SupervisionChapter 16 Clinician's top 10 concerns and challenges with treating anxietyAPPENDICESList of treatment manuals and recommended self-help books for clients