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Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety : conceptualization and treatment

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Publication details: New York : Springer, 2005Description: xvii, 375pISBN:

0387259880
9780387259888

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NLM classification:

WM 172

Summary: For many years, cognitive-behavioral techniques have been at the forefront of treatment for anxiety disorders. More recently, strategies rooted in Eastern concepts of acceptance and mindfulness have have demonstrated some promise in treating anxiety, especially in tandem with CBT. Now, with Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies for Anxiety, thirty expert clinicians and researchers present a comprehensive guide to integrating these powerful complementary approaches-where they match, when they differ, and why they work so well together. Chapter authors clearly place mindfulness and acceptance into the clinical lexicon, establishing links with established traditions, including emotion theory and experiential therapy. In addition, separate chapters discuss specific anxiety disorders, the current state of treatment for each, and

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	BEH-MHT Library Service Shelves	WM 400 ORS 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		BEH00467
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 172 ACC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		024482

For many years, cognitive-behavioral techniques have been at the forefront of treatment for anxiety disorders. More recently, strategies rooted in Eastern concepts of acceptance and mindfulness have have demonstrated some promise in treating anxiety, especially in tandem with CBT. Now, with Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies for Anxiety, thirty expert clinicians and researchers present a comprehensive guide to integrating these powerful complementary approaches-where they match, when they differ, and why they work so well together.

Chapter authors clearly place mindfulness and acceptance into the clinical lexicon, establishing links with established traditions, including emotion theory and experiential therapy. In addition, separate chapters discuss specific anxiety disorders, the current state of treatment for each, and

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