Worry and generalized anxiety disorder: A review and theoretical synthesis of evidence on nature, etiology, mechanisms, and treatment

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-297

  Newman, Michelle G ^a   Llera, Sandra J ^b   Erickson, Thane M ^c   Przeworski, Amy ^d   Castonguay, Louis G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast Avoidance model; developmental factors; emotion dysregulation; interventions; mechanisms; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEMPERAMENT; WORRY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875891937     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185544     Document Type: Review

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