The Initial Assessment
The Use of Psychological Tests
The Life History Questionnaire
The Beck Depression Inventory
Other Measures
Overview of Treatment Techniques
Physiological Techniques
Cognitive Techniques
Interpersonal/Environmental Techniques
Relapse Prevention
The Mixed Anxiety-Depressive Disorder (MAD)

SPECIFIC PHOBIAS

Differential Diagnosis
Treatments for Specific Phobias
Origin of Phobia
Ability to Utilize Imagery
Mode of Response
Blood, Injection, and Injury Phobias

SOCIAL PHOBIAS

Demographics
Complications
Differential Diagnosis
Types of Social Phobias
Treatment Selection With Social Phobias
Treatment Specificity
Treatment of Generalized Social Phobia
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Decision Summary
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

PANIC ATTACKS AND AGORAPHOBIA

Combining Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Medical Screening of Panic Attack Patients
Coexisting or Complicating Disorders
Panic and Personality Disorders
Treatments for Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia
Core Approaches
Behavioral Models
Pharmacological Approaches
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS

Differential Diagnosis
OCD and Depression
OCD and Personality Disorders
Subtypes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Obsessions With Compulsions
Obsessions Without Compulsions
Primary Obsessional Slowness
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Severity of Stressor
Denial
Intrusiveness
Acute or Delayed Onset
Other Features of PTSD
Moderating Factors for PTSD
Coexisting or Complicating Disorders
Treatment Choices
Exposure to Traumatic Memories
Individual Adaptation
Medications
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

Differential Diagnosis
Treatments for GAD
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

CHILDREN'S ANXIETY DISORDERS

Separation Anxiety Disorder
Differential Diagnosis
Overanxious Disorder
Avoidant Disorders of Childhood or Adolescence
Childhood Equivalents of Adult Disorders
A Case Vignette
Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Diagnosis
Treatment Plan

SUMMARY

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire
Appendix B: Body Sensations Questionnaire
Appendix C: Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia
Appendix D: Fear Questionnaire
Appendix E: Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive (MOC) Inventory

REFERENCES