Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness (Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders) [Hardcover]

Michael J. Zvolensky (Editor), Jasper A. J. Smits (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2007 | Series: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders

This is a single resource offering theoretical perspectives and reviews of research on the link between health behaviors and physical illness to anxiety. The authors explore the idea of reciprocal relations between anxiety and health factors throughout the developmental course. Special attention is devoted to the mechanisms by which certain health factors (e.g. physical exercise) may play a role in the onset or maintenance of particular anxiety disorders.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness provides a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the relationship between anxiety, medical illness and health behaviors.  It brings together many of the leaders in the field to address multiple aspects of this critical issue, and the result is an important, eminently readable, state of the art text.
-Mark H. Pollack, M.D., Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

From the Back Cover

Anxiety in Health Behavior and Physical Illness

Edited by Michael J. Zvolensky, University of Vermont
Jasper A. J. Smits, Southern Methodist University

While the links between physical illness and depression have been well-documented and analyzed, little has been made of the data relating physical illness to anxiety—until now. Anxiety in Health Behavior and Physical Illness explores complex relationships between medical and anxiety pathology on the theoretical, research, and practical fronts. Over forty experts examine reciprocal roles of anxiety and medical illness as causal or exacerbating factors in each other’s onset and development, describe forms of anxiety typical to major disease entities, discuss common health behaviors as they impact anxiety, recast anxiety disorders as chronic illness, and identify patients for whom new forms of treatment may be warranted.

Among the topics covered:

• Anxiety in the context of specific illness: heart disease, asthma, HIV/AIDS.
• Self-medication across the anxiety disorders: alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs.
• Possible links between anxiety and insomnia.
• The relationship between puberty and adolescent anxiety.
• Anxiety, anxiety disorders, and the menstrual cycle.
• Anxiety disorders and chronic pain.
• Current and emerging treatments for anxiety disorders, from CBT to exercise-based interventions.

Anxiety in Health Behavior and Physical Illness is a comprehensive resource to be read not only by clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and, other health professionals, but also by researchers and graduate students on the cutting edge of the field.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387747524
• ISBN-13: 978-0387747521
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,876,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jasper Smits, Ph.D. was born and raised in the Netherlands. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and completing a fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, he moved to Dallas. There, he is Associate Professor of Psychology at SMU and has a private practice focusing on the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. He is a federally funded investigator, and a member of the scientific council of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America as well as the editorial board of a number of journals in clinical psychology and psychiatry. His recent publications, including books listed here, aim to assist therapists and individuals in achieving success in behavior change.

For more information:
http://anxiety.smu.edu
http://www.dallascbt.com