Treatments for Psychological Problems and Syndromes

Dean McKay is Professor of Psychology at Fordham University, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and a Past President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2013-2014). He is also a clinical psychologist and co-directs the Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, a private group psychological practice. Jonathan S. Abramowitz is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a clinical psychologist in private practice. He is a Past President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2014-2015), and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. Eric A. Storch is the All Children's Hospital Guild Endowed Chair and a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, and Health Policy & Management at the University of South Florida. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as the Clinical Director of Rogers Behavioral Health – Tampa.

Notes on Editors x

List of Contributors xi

1 Introduction 1
Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Eric A. Storch, and Dean McKay

2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Empirically Supported Treatment and the Movement to Empirically Supported Practice 4
Jesse R. Cougle, Melanie A. Hom, and Natalie L. Matheny

3 Fears and Specific Phobias 15
Maysa M. Kaskas, Paige M. Ryan, and Thompson E. Davis III

4 Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia 34
Lily A. Brown and Michelle G. Craske

5 The Nature and Treatment of Social Anxiety: Maintenance Factors, Treatment Components, and Maximizing Treatment Response 56
Joseph K. Carpenter, Joshua Curtiss, and Stefan G. Hofmann

6 The Nature and Treatment of Obsessions and Compulsions 74
Jonathan S. Abramowitz

7 Hoarding Disorder 89
Tina L. Mayes and Catherine R. Ayers

8 Mechanisms and Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 100
Michelle G. Newman, Ki Eun Shin, and Lucas S. LaFreniere

9 Empirically Supported Conceptualizations and Treatments of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 115
Jonathan D. Green, Brian P. Marx, and Terence M. Keane

10 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Effects and Underlying Mechanisms of Change 136
Lori A. Zoellner, Alissa B. Jerud, Elizabeth H. Marks, and Natalia M. Garcia

11 Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) and Its Treatment 153
James P. McCullough Jr. and Sarah W. Clark

12 Matching Empirically Supported Therapies to Treatment Targets in Bipolar Disorder 168
Anna Van Meter and Eric Youngstrom

13 Schizophrenia and Severe Mental Illness 188
Dennis R. Combs and Kim T. Mueser

14 Anorexia Nervosa 202
Lauren Breithaupt, Sarah Fischer, Joanna Marino, and Diana Gaydusek

15 Bulimia Nervosa 218
Sarah Fischer, Kendra Davis, and Lauren Breithaupt

16 Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment and Mechanisms of Change 235
Barbara S. McCrady

17 Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia 248
Shelby Harris and Eleanor McGlinchey

18 Psychological Approaches for Low Sexual Arousal 263
Charmaine Borg and Peter J. de Jong

19 Problems of Mood Dysregulation 281
Shannon Sauer-Zavala and Laren R. Conklin

20 Mechanisms of Treatments for Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder) 296
Elle Brennan, Sarah K. Francazio, Yolanda E. Murphy, and Christopher A. Flessner

21 Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior 309
Christine A. Conelea, Hannah E. Frank, and Michael R. Walther

22 Non-suicidal Self-injury 328
Emily H. Brackman and Margaret S. Andover

23 Severe Health Anxiety in the Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 345
Erik Hedman and Erland Axelsson

24 Borderline Personality Disorder: Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Treatment 360
Shireen L. Rizvi and Marget C. Thomas

25 Paraphilias: An Overview of the Current State of the Field 376
William T. O’Donohue, Julie Kahler, Natalie Bennett, Olga Cirlugea, and Lorraine Benuto

26 Treating Relationship Distress 396
Christine Paprocki and Donald H. Baucom

27 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Critical Review to Guide Clinical Decision Making 413
Michael E. Levin, James D. Herbert, and Evan M. Forman

28 Transdiagnostic Approaches to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Emotional Disorders 433
Todd J. Farchione, Laren R. Conklin, and Jacqueline R. Bullis

29 Neural Network Models as Explanatory Frameworks of Psychopathology and Its Treatment 452
Warren W. Tryon, Jonathan Hoffman, and Dean McKay

30 Disgust in Psychopathology: Mechanisms and Treatment 480
Rachel Ojserkis, William Taboas, and Dean McKay

31 Temperament in Youth Internalizing Disorders 504
Helen F. Dodd, Jennifer L. Hudson, and Ronald M. Rapee

32 Oppositionality and Functionality in Youth Externalizing Disorders 525
Randi Bennett, Samantha Adelsberg, and Amy K. Roy

33 Early Childhood Externalizing Behavior Problems and Parent Training Interventions 541
Daniel M. Bagner, Dainelys Garcia, and Nicole E. Barroso

Index 556