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Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for GAD: Dugas, Robchaud

Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for GAD Contents Chapter 1: Description of Generalised Anxiety Disorder . 2 Diagnosis of GAD .. 2 Clinical Picture: What does GAD look like? . 3 Worry themes . 3 Living in the future . 3 GAD client presentation . 3 Epidemiology . 4 The Cost of GAD .. 4 Chapter 2: A Cognitive Model of Generalised Anxiety Disorder . 4 Intolerance of uncertainty . 4 Positive beliefs and worry . 5 Negative problem orientation . 5 Cognitive avoidance . 6 Implicit cognitive avoidance . 6 Explicit cognitive avoidance . 6 Connections between model components . 7 Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Assessment . 7 GAD Worry . 7 GAD somatic symptoms . 8 Impairment and Distress . 8 Obstacles to diagnosis of GAD .. 8 Differential diagnosis . 8 Chapter 4: Treatment Overview .. 9 Treatment Outline . 9 Module1: Psychoeducation and worry awareness . 9 Module 2: Uncertainty recognition and behavioural exposure . 10 Relationship between uncertainty and worry . 10 Recognise uncertain...