Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic

David H. Barlow is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Emeritus and the Founder of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He has published over 650 articles and chapters and over 90 books and clinical manuals. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including honorary degrees from the University of Vermont and William James College, and the two highest awards in psychology, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science honoring individuals for their lifetime of significant intellectual achievements in applied psychological research. Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Miller Family Endowed Term Chair, Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center, and Associate Director of the Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health, at UCLA. She has published extensively in the area of fear, anxiety and depression and has been the recipient of extramural funding since 1993 for research pertaining to cognitive, behavioral, psychophysiological and neural risk factors for anxiety and depression that have informed novel treatments; innovative approaches to optimizing therapies such as virtual reality; and implementing scalable treatment models to underserved populations.

Chapter 1: The Nature of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

PART I: BASICS

Chapter 2: Learning to Record Panic and Anxiety

Chapter 3: Negative Cycles of Panic and Agoraphobia

Chapter 4: Panic Attacks Are Not Harmful

PART II: COPING SKILLS

Chapter 5: Establishing Your Hierarchy of Agoraphobia Situations

Chapter 6: Breathing Skills

Chapter 7: Thinking Skills

PART III: EXPOSURE TO FEARED SYMPTOMS AND SITUATIONS

Chapter 8: Facing Physical Symptoms

Chapter 9: Facing Agoraphobia Situations

Chapter 10: Involving Others

PART IV: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

Chapter 11: Medications

Chapter 12: Accomplishments, Maintenance, and Relapse Prevention

Appendix: Answers to Self-Assessment Quizzes