Psychology

PRACTITIONER' S GUIDE TO EMPIRICALLY BASED MEASURES OF ANXIETY

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Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent of psychological disorders, affecting up to
25% of individuals in the general population at some time in their lives (Kessler et al., 1994).
Despite their high prevalence, however, anxiety disorders often go undiagnosed and untreated,
especially in primary care settings (e.g., Weiller, Bisserbe, Maier, & Lecrubier, 1998). In
addition, there is evidence that those individuals who do receive treatment for an anxiety
disorder are often treated with an intervention that is not empirically supported (e.g., Rowa,
Antony, Brar, Summerfeldt, & Swinson, 2000).
Recently, there has been increased attention to the identification and dissemination of
empirically supported treatments for psychological problems (e.g., Chambless & Hollon,
1998; Kendall, 1998; Nathan & Gorman, 1998). With interest in empirically supported treatments
on the rise, the need for evidence-based assessment strategies is greater than ever
before. It is this need for readily available assessment strategies that has led to the development
of the AABT Clinical Assessment Series. This is the second volume in the series, following
the initial volume on assessment instruments for depression (Nezu, Ronan, Meadows, &
McClure, 2000).
The purpose of this book is to provide clinicians and researchers with a single comprehensive
resource on assessment measures for anxiety disorders in adults, including detailed
descriptions of relevant measures and, where possible, reprinted copies of the scales. Although
other resources on assessment instruments exist (e.g., American Psychiatric Association,
2000; Corcoran & Fischer, 2000; Schutte & Malouff, 1995), they have typically been much
broader in scope, covering instruments for many different types of psychological problems,
reviewing only a small number of anxiety-related scales. In addition, there exists one volume
devoted entirely to measures for stress, trauma, and adaptation (Stamm, 1996). However, ours
is the first book to focus exclusively on assessment scales for anxiety disorders, while covering
a full range of anxiety-related problems.

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PRACTITIONER' S GUIDE TO EMPIRICALLY BASED MEASURES OF ANXIETY

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New York : KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS., 2002

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English

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0-306-47628-2

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PSYCHOLOGY

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