Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders

535 Pages·2011·6.16 MB·English

by  Dean McKay

Handbook of Child and Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders
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Dean McKay • Eric A. Storch
Editors
Handbook of
Child and Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders
Editors
Dean McKay Eric A. Storch
Department of Psychology Departments of Pediatrics,
Fordham University Psychiatry, and Psychology
Bronx, NY 10458 University of South Florida
USA Tampa, FL
and USA
Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy [email protected]
and Research
Bronx, NY 10461
USA
[email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-7782-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7784-7
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7784-7
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To Dawn & Rebecca, for a fun, rich and full life.
—Dean McKay
To my children Noah and Maya for being the perfect
playmates. And, to my bride Jill.
—Eric A. Storch

About the Editors
Dean McKay, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor, Department of Psychology,
Fordham University. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Behaviour
Research and Therapy, Behavior Modification, and Journal of Anxiety
Disorders and is an Associate Editor of Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
(term beginning 2008). He has published more than 130 journal articles and
book chapters and has more than 150 conference presentations. Dr. McKay
has been a member of the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group
since 1995. He is Board Certified in Behavioral and Clinical Psychology of
the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), is a Fellow of the
American Board of Behavioral Psychology and the Academy of Clinical
Psychology, as well as a Clinical Fellow of the Behavior Research and Therapy
Society. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association
(Divisions 5 (Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics), 12 (Clinical), 29
(Psychotherapy), and 42 (Community of Psychologists in Independent
Practice)) and the American Psychological Society. Dr. McKay has edited
or coedited eight books dealing with treatment of complex cases in children
and adults, obsessive-compulsive disorder, disgust in psychopathology, and
research methodology. His research has focused primarily on Obsessive-
Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Hypochondriasis
and their link to OCD as well as the role of disgust in psychopathology. His
research has also focused on mechanisms of information processing bias for
anxiety states. Dr. McKay is also the director and founder of Institute for
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, a private treatment and research
center in Westchester County, New York.
Eric A. Storch, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and All Children’s Hospital
Guild Endowed Chair in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and
Psychology, University of South Florida. He holds a joint appointment in the
Department of Psychology. He currently serves on the editorial boards of
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Child Psychiatry and
Human Development, Journal of Child Health Care, Psicologia Conductual,
and Journal of Anxiety Disorders. He has published more than 190 peer-
reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has given more than 150
conference presentations. In addition to his peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Storch
has edited or coedited three books dealing with treatment of complex cases in
children, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and childhood anxiety. He has
received grant funding for his work in OCD, related disorders (e.g., tics), and
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anxiety from the National Institutes of Health, CDC, Obsessive Compulsive
Foundation, Florida Department of Health, pharmaceutical companies,
Tourette Syndrome Association, and National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders (NARSAD). In addition to treatment
outcome, Dr. Storch has specific research interests in treatment augmentation
and dissemination. He directs the cognitive-behavioral therapy component at
the University of South Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Program and
is highly regarded for his treatment of pediatric and adult OCD patients.
Contents
Part I Foundations in Child and Adolescent Anxiety
1 Classification of Child and Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders...................................... 3
Dean McKay and Eric A. Storch
2 Issues in Differential Diagnosis: Phobias
and Phobic Conditions.................................. 7
Marjorie Crozier, Seth J. Gillihan,
and Mark B. Powers
3 Issues in Differential Diagnosis: Considering
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder .............. 23
Jeremy Cohen, Matthew Mychailyszyn,
Cara Settipani, Sarah Crawley, and Philip C. Kendall
Part II Diagnostic Components in Child/Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders
4 Cognitive Behavioral Models of Phobias
and Pervasive Anxiety ................................. 39
Brian Pilecki and Dean McKay
5 Genetics of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety ............ 49
Paul D. Arnold and Stephanie Taillefer
6 Neuropsychological Considerations in Child
and Adolescent Anxiety................................ 75
Michael J. Larson, Mikle South, and Tricia Merkley
7 Empirical Approaches to the Study of Latent Structure
and Classification of Child and Adolescent Anxiety
Psychopathology...................................... 91
Amit Bernstein and Michael J. Zvolensky
8 Dimensional Diagnosis of Anxiety in Youth................ 105
Melanie W. Moretz and Dean McKay
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