Worry and its Psychological Disorders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment

About the Editors ix

List of Contributors xi

Preface xv

Part I The Nature of Worry

Chapter 1 The Epidemiology of Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 3
Robert M. Holaway, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, and Richard G. Heimberg

Chapter 2 Worry and Rumination: Styles of Persistent Negative Thinking in Anxiety and Depression 21
Costas Papageorgiou

Chapter 3 Worry in Psychopathology 41
Christine Purdon and Jennifer Harrington

Chapter 4 Worry and Information-processing 51
Gerald Matthews and Gregory J. Funke

Chapter 5 Worry in Older Adults 69
Julie L. Wetherell

Chapter 6 Worry in Childhood and Adolescence 81
Sam Cartwright-Hatton

Part II The Assessment of Worry

Chapter 7 The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) 101
Helen M. Startup and Thane M. Erickson

Chapter 8 The Anxious Thoughts Inventory and Related Measures of Metacognition and Worry 121
Adrian Wells

Chapter 9 Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 137
Cynthia L. Turk and Andrew T. Wolanin

Chapter 10 The Catastrophising Interview Procedure 157
Graham C.L. Davey

Part III Theories of Chronic and Pathological Worry

Chapter 11 The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder 179
Adrian Wells

Chapter 12 A Cognitive Model of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty 201
Naomi Koerner and Michel J. Dugas

Chapter 13 A Mood-As-Input Account of Perseverative Worrying 217
Graham C.L. Davey

Chapter 14 The Cognitive Avoidance Theory of Worry 239
Nicholas J. Sibrava and T.D. Borkovec

Part IV Treatment Methods

Chapter 15 Metacognitive Therapy for Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder 259
Adrian Wells

Chapter 16 Applied Relaxation and Cognitive Therapy for Pathological Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 273
T.D. Borkovec

Chapter 17 A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty 289
Melisa Robichaud and Michel J. Dugas

Chapter 18 Pharmacological Treatments for Worry: Focus on Generalised Anxiety Disorder 305
Ian M. Anderson and Marisha E. Palm

Chapter 19 Case Histories: Treating Worry Across Disorders 335
Paul King

Chapter 20 The Efficacy of Psychological Treatments for Generalised Anxiety Disorder? 359
Peter L. Fisher

Chapter 21 Predictors of Treatment Outcome 379
Robert C. Durham

Index 399