Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award - Mental Health Nursing! Aaron T. Beck: Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nursing Centers Consortium! Updating and elaborating on Aaron T. Beck'¬"s pioneering cognitive model of anxiety disorders, this groundbreaking work is both authoritative and highly practical. The authors synthesize the latest thinking and empirical data on anxiety treatment and offer step-by-step instruction in cognitive assessment, case formulation, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral intervention. They provide evidence-based mini-manuals for treating the five most common anxiety disorders: panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive'¬ ;compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. User-friendly features include vivid case examples, concise '¬SClinician Guidelines'¬ that reinforce key points, and over three dozen reproducible handouts and forms. Combining scholarly depth and comprehensiveness with practical utility, this is an essential reference for mental health practitioners and researchers of all stripes. It is an invaluable text for graduate-level seminars and clinical practica in clinical psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work.