Anxiety Disorders

Stephen M. Stahl, MD, is the author of over 450 articles and chapters and more than 1,300 scientific presentations and abstracts. He is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, and teacher in psychiatry with subspecialty expertise in psychopharmacology. He has edited eight books and written more than 30 others, including the best-selling and award-winning textbook Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology, the clinical manual The Prescriber’s Guide, now in its fourth edition, and the series of clinical cases Case Studies: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology. Dr. Stahl is adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego and honorary visiting senior fellow at the University of Cambridge. Bret A. Moore, PsyD, is board-certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and adjunct associate professor in psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Pharmacotherapy for Psychologists: Prescribing and Collaborative Roles, Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists, and Treating PTSD in Military Personnel: A Clinical Handbook. His views and opinions on clinical psychology have been quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and on NPR, the BBC, CNN, Fox News, and the CBC.

Series Editor's Foreword Bret A. Moore Foreword Mark H. Pollack Preface Acknowledgements Contributor Biographies Section 1: Nature of Anxiety 1. Benefits and Challenges of Integrated Treatment Mark D. Muse, Bret A. Moore, Stephen M. Stahl 2. A Biopsychosocial Approach to Anxiety Allison M. Greene, Christopher R Bailey & Alexander Neumeister 3. The Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan Robert M. Julien 4. The Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan Michael Sweeney, Jessica Levitt, Robert Westerholm, Clare Gaskins & Christina LipinskiSection 2: Treatment 5. Generalized Anxiety Disorders Joseph Comaty and Claire Advokat 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Jonathan S. Abramowitz & Ryan J. Jacoby 7. Acute Stress Disorder Angela Nickerson & Richard A. Bryant 8. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Amy M. Williams, Greer Richardson & Tara E. Galovski 9. Panic Disorder Meredith E. Charney, M. Alexandra Kredlow, Eric Bui & Naomi M. Simon 10. Social Anxiety Disorder Catherine Kariuki and Dan J. Stein 11. Specific Phobia David S. Shearer, S. Cory Harmon, Robert D. Younger & Christopher S. Brown 12. Separation Anxiety Disorder George M. Kapalka & Callandra Peters