The Primer on Anxiety Disorders provides early-stage practitioners and trainees, as well as seasoned clinicians and researchers, with need-to-know knowledge on diagnosis and treatment. Clinical cases are used throughout the book to enhance understanding of and illustrate specific disorders, comorbid conditions and clinical issues. To facilitate an integrative approach, content allows clinicians to understand patient characteristics and tailor interventions.

Section one: Overview of Anxiety and Related Illnessed; 1 Anxiety and Related Disorders in DSM-5; 2 Translational Perspectives on Anxiety Disorders and the Research Domain Criteria Construct of Potential Threat; Section Two: Neurobiology and Neural Circuitry of Anxiety Disorders; 3 Neurobiology and Neuroimaging of Fear and Anxiety Circuitry 4 The Genetics of Anxiety DisordersSection Three: Development of Fear, Fear Pathways, and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents; 5 Developmental Biology Related to Emotion and Anxiety; 6 The Development of Fear and Its Inhibition: Knowledge Gained from Preclinical Models; 7 Involving the Family in Treatment; 8 Treating the College-age Patient; Section Four: Posttraumatic Stress and the Neurobiology of Trauma; 9 Neurobiology and Translational Approaches to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; 10 Clinical Aspects of Trauma-related Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Section Five: Obsessive Compulsive and Disorders of Cortical-Striatal Processing11 Dissecting OCD Circuits: From Animal Models to Targeted Treatments; 12 Clinical Aspects of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Section Six: Phobias, Fears, and Panic; 13 The Etiology of Fear and Anxiety: The Role of Environmental Exposures; 14 Clinical Aspects of Social Anxiety Disorder and Specific Phobias; 15 Clinical Aspects of Panic Disorder; Section Seven: Intersection of Medical and Anxiety Disorders; 16 Fear, Anxiety, Avoidance, and Chronic Pain17 Detection and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care Settings18 Gastrointestinal Disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Anxiety; Section Eight: Intersection of Anxiety with Mood and Substance Disorders; 20 Substance Abuse and Comorbidity with Anxiety; 21 Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression; 22 Generalized Anxiety Disorder; 23 Anxiety and Suicide; Section Nine: Cognitive and Exposure-Based Treatments of Anxiety Disorders; 24 Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Fear Extinction; 25 Learning Theory and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy26 Pharmacological Mechanisms of Modulating Fear and ExtinctionSection Ten: Neurotransmitter Pathways and Pharmacological Treatments of Anxiety Disorders; 27 Stress, Anxiety, and Depression and the Role of Glutamate Neurotransmission; 28 The Role of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Anxiety Disorders; 29 Pharmacological Interventions for Adult Anxiety Disorders; Section Eleven: New Technologies and Approaches to Treatment; 30 Adherence to Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety Disorders; 31 Computer Tools as Novel Treatment for Depression and Anxiety