Generalized Anxiety Disorder. [le Trouble Anxieux Généralisé]

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Marker, C. D. & Aylward, A. G. (2011). Generalized Anxiety Disorder. [Le trouble anxieux generalise.] Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe. ISBN-10: 0889373353, 84 pages.ABSTRACTThe text is part of the series in the Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice (Volume 24: Generalized Anxiety Disorder). The book is written to provide a practical and reader-friendly guide for a functional approach to generalized anxiety disorders. The book reads as a primer for clinicians, beginning professionals, and students looking for a practical and well-organized approach to working with individuals who may be experiencing a range of anxiousness-producing problems. The text includes theories and models, diagnostic and treatment indications, a case vignette, and some specific assessment tools for differentiating various anxiety disorders.RESUMECe texte est tire de la serie parue dans Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice (Volume 24: Generalized Anxiety Disorder). Le livre a pour but de fournir un guide pratique et convivial favorisant une approche fonctionnelle face aux troubles anxieux generalises. Il constitue une sorte d'introduction pour les cliniciens, les professionnels debutants, et les etudiants qui recherchent une approche pratique et bien organisee permettant de travailler avec des personnes aux prises avec divers problemes anxiogenes. L'article comprend des theories et des modeles, des pistes de diagnostic et de traitement, une vignette d'etude de cas, et des outils d'evaluation precis permettant de differencier les divers types de troubles anxieux.Dr. Craig Marker is the former director of an anxiety clinic at the LJniversity of Miami and Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Marker founded and conducts therapy at the Anxiety Treatment Clinic of Fort Lauderdale, which specializes in the treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Alison Ayward is a doctoral candidate working in the research area of the evolutionary approach to specific cognitive factors associated with various anxiety disorders. This book contains four chapters plus a section presenting a clinical vignette.The book's first chapter focuses on the description of GAD. Some detail is provided to clearly define how GAD is characterized with the essential difference between regular worry and those worries that impair a persons ability to function because it is excessive and uncontrollable. The authors point out that GAD is comorbid with many other disorders. The clinical challenge is to make the differential diagnosis to facilitate the selection of an appropriate treatment intervention. The last part of the chapter reviews nine different self-reporting assessment instruments that measure various domains of GAD as well as assist in the differentiation of GAD from depression, anxiety, or other related disorders. …