Contributors
Preface
1. Description, Mechanisms of Action, and Assessment
David C.S. Richard, Dean Lauterbach, and Andrew T. Gloster
2. Animal Models of Exposure Therapy: A Selective Review
James T. Todd and Janet L. Pietrowski
3. Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Interventions for the Anxiety Disorders: Overview and Newer Third-Generation Perspectives
John P. Forsyth, Velma Barrios, and Dean T. Acheson
4. Translational Research Perspectives on Maximizing the Effectiveness of Exposure Therapy
Mark B. Powers, Jasper A. J. Smits, Teresa M. Leyro, and Michael W. Otto
5. Exposure Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dean Lauterbach and Sarah Reiland
6. Exposure Therapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Frank Castro and Brian P. Marx
7. Issues in Conducting Exposure Therapy to Treat Combat Veterans' PTSD
Carlos G. Finlay and Judith A. Lyons
8. Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Jonathan S. Abramowitz and Karin E. Larsen
9. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and the Treatment of Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Sandra Mendlowitz
10. Exposure Treatments for Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia
Ellen I. Koch, Andrew T. Gloster, and Stacey A. Waller
11. Exposure Therapy for Phobias
Michiyo Hirai, Laura L. Vernon, and Heather Cochran
12. Applications of Exposure Techniques in Behavioral Medicine
Flora Hoodin and Mary Gillis
13. Exposure Therapy for Hypochondriasis
Joseph A. Himle and Jody Hoffman
14. The Effect of Pharmacotherapy on the Effectiveness of Exposure Therapy
Brett Deacon
15. Pharmacological Enhancement of Learning in Exposure Therapy
Kerry J. Ressler, Michael Davis, and Barbara O. Rothbaum
16. Virtual Reality Applications for Exposure
Stephane Bouchard, Sophie Cote, and David C. S. Richard
17. Obstacles to Successful Implementation of Exposure Therapy
Elizabeth A. Hembree and Shawn P. Cahill
18. Exposure Therapy Has a Public Relations Problem: A Dearth of Litigation Amid a Wealth of Concern
David C.S. Richard and Andrew T. Gloster
Appedix
Index