Overview
- Integrates the biological and psychosocial approaches to understanding anxiety, health behaviors, physical illness, and their interactions
- Comprehensive reviews of theory and research on the anxiety disorder-health factor co-morbidity
- Empirically-based, innovative, and clinically meaningful models of the nature of these common co-morbid conditions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders (SARD)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Physical Conditions and Anxiety Disorders
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The amount of research on the prevalence and nature of various forms of anxiety disorders, problematic health behaviors, and physical illness has significantly accumulated, yet there has been no systematic integration of the research in science and practice.
Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness is a single resource that offers 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Michael J. Zvolensky received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from West Virginia University in 2001. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Vermont and Director of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and Clinic. His work is funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, and Anxiety Disorder Association of America.
Jasper A. J. Smits received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. As part of his research and clinical training, he completed a fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Smits' research has been recognized by awards from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America as well as the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Smits joined the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University as an Assistant Professor in 2004, where he directs the Anxiety Research & Treatment Program.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness
Authors: Michael J. Zvolensky, Jasper A. J. Smits
Series Title: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74753-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-74752-1Published: 07 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2570-1Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-74753-8Published: 03 December 2007
Series ISSN: 1574-9037
Series E-ISSN: 1574-9045
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 380
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology