Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders

by Stewart, Sherry H., Ph.D.; Conrod, Patricia J.

• ISBN13: 9780387742892
• ISBN10: 0387742891
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-07
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders: The Vicious Cycle of Comorbidity addresses this gap with dispatches from the frontlines of research and treatment. Thirty-four international experts offer findings, theories, and intervention strategies for this common form of dual disorder both across types of substances (alcohol, tobacco, street and prescription drugs) and the range of anxiety disorders (PTSD, social phobia, panic disorder, OCD) to give the reader comprehensive knowledge in a practical format."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Sherry H. Stewart, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Dalhousie University and is an Associate Editor of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy journal. Since receiving her doctorate from McGill University in 1993, she has published many articles and taken part in numerous scientific presentations on the subjects of anxiety and addictive behaviors (particularly alcoholism and gambling). She is currently conducting research on the co-morbidity of gambling and alcohol use disorders, funded by a grant from the Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation. Patricia J. Conrod, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Lecturer at the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. She was previously Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  Her research focuses on cognitive, personality and biological risk factors for alcohol and drug misuse and the factors that mediate the co-occurrence of addictive behaviors with other mental disorders. Her experimental research focuses on factors that make people more susceptible to seek out behavioral reinforcement from drugs of abuse. She has published several studies demonstrating that personality factors determine the type of reinforcement experienced from substances of abuse. More recently, her research findings have led to the development of new approaches to substance abuse treatment and prevention that target personality risk factors for substance misuse.

Table of Contents

Theoretical Issues
Epidemiological Perspectives on Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder	p. 3
The Neurobiology of Anxiety: Potential for Co-Morbidity of Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders	p. 19
Research Findings
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Neuroimaging, Neuroendocrine, and Psychophysiological Findings	p. 37
Co-Morbidity of Social Phobia and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Review of Psychopathology Research Findings	p. 59
Panic Spectrum Disorders and Substance Use	p. 81
Treatment Strategies
Treatment of Co-Morbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Substance Use Disorders	p. 101
Treatment for Co-Morbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders	p. 119
Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcoholism and Social Anxiety Disorder	p. 139
Treating Co-Morbid Panic Disorder and Substance Use Disorder	p. 157
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Co-Morbid Panic Psychopathology and Tobacco Use and Dependence	p. 177
Personality-Based Approaches to Treatment of Co-morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder	p. 201
Medical Management of Co-Morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder	p. 221
Integration And Conclusions
Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder Co-Morbidity: Common Themes and Future Directions	p. 239
Author Index	p. 259
Subject Index	p. 271
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