273
Pa RT III
Co g n iT i v e Th e o r y a nD Tr e aT m e nT
o f sp eC i f iC an x i eT y Di s o rD e r s
In the last two decades psychotherapy innovation and research has focused
increasingly on the development and evaluation of treatment protocols that
target specific DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000) disorders. The growth of disorder-
specific manualized treatment has been particularly evident in the anxiety
disorders. The generic cognitive model of anxiety presented in Part I and the
core cognitive assessment and intervention strategies described in Part II can
be readily adapted to target the shared and distinct symptom features of the
more common types of anxiety disorders. This final part of the book provides
disorder- specific cognitive models, hypotheses, case conceptualizations, and
treatment protocols for five different types of anxiety disorder. Chapter 8 dis-
cusses the cognitive model and treatment of panic disorder with its emphasis
on threat misinterpretations of internal states and loss of reappraisal capacity,
whereas Chapter 9 presents the cognitive theory and treatment of social phobia
that focuses on fear of negative evaluation of others and presence of maladap-
tive coping responses. Chapter 10 provides a cognitive model and treatment of
generalized anxiety and worry, Chapter 11 discusses the cognitive appraisal
perspective on theory and treatment of obsessive– compulsive disorders, and
Chapter 12 presents a cognitive model and treatment that focuses on the faulty
appraisals and beliefs associated with the trauma- related intrusive thoughts
and memories of posttraumatic stress disorder.