An important emphasis of the literature on generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has been to
achieve a greater understanding of the function of emotion (eg, avoidance, dysregulation) in …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common, distressing and persistent mental illness. Recent
studies have identified a number of psychological factors that could explain the maintenance …

We report the current best estimate of the effects of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the
treatment of major depression (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder …

Now revised and expanded to include cutting-edge acceptance-based techniques and a
new focus on inhibitory learning, this is the leading guide to therapeutic exposure, a crucial …

The Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS) is a commonly used clinician-administered
instrument. The present study reports on the properties of a self-report version of the LSAS …

Behavioral and cognitive psychotherapies are the most widely studied psychological
interventions for anxiety disorders. In the present article, the results of ten years of meta …

Despite the demonstrated efficacy of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for social anxiety
disorder (SAD), many individuals do not respond to treatment or demonstrate residual …

Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent. Fear conditioning and extinction learning in animals
often serve as simple models of fear acquisition and exposure therapy of anxiety disorders …

BackgroundOlder meta-analyses of the effects of psychological treatments of social anxiety
disorder have found that these treatments have moderate to large effects. However, these …

A meta-analytic comparison of studies testing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT; n= 12) and
exposure treatment (n= 9) for social phobia indicates that the treatment modalities are …