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Index

Page numbers followed by “f” or “t” indicate figures or tables

Acceptance, defined, 223
Acceptance and commitment therapy, 223–224
Acute stress disorder; see also Posttraumatic stress
disorder
criteria and controversy, 495, 496t
memory bias in, 520–521
thought suppression in, 523
Adrenocorticotropic hormone, 22
Affective schemas, 45t, 46; see also Schemas; Self-
schemas
Agitation, exaggerated faulty appraisal and threat-
oriented schema associated with, 145t
Agoraphobia
absence of safety signals and, 49
automatic safety seeking and, 85
defined, 283
inhibited safety processing and, 38
with panic disorder, 276–277, 284–285, 288
partner-assisted exposure for, 244–245
Agoraphobic avoidance, 283
Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire, 300,
306–307
Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire, 307–308
Alcohol use disorder, comorbidity with anxiety
disorders, 10
All-or-nothing thinking, definition and examples, 169
Alternative interpretations
in anxiety disorders, 212t
in cognitive interventions, 210–211
in OCD, 477t, 481

Alternative Interpretations Form, 230

Amygdala

cognitive process mediation of, 28

fear response and, 19–21, 28

Anxiety

anticipatory, restructuring in social phobia,

372–374, 372t

apprehension and intolerance of, in panic disorder,

311

clinician guidelines for, 5, 7–8

cognitive interventions for (see Cognitive

interventions)

cognitive model of (see Cognitive model of

anxiety)

daily living and, 4

defining, 4–6

in client education, 191

versus depression, 79–81

DSM-IV classification and, 8

dysfunctional cognition and, 6

events provoking, 3–4

fear and, 4–10

future orientation of, 5

heightened, in response prevention, preparing client

for, 253–254

impaired functioning and, 6–7

negative interpretation of

in cognitive model of anxiety, 55t

empirical status of, 75–79

neurobiological basis of, 19