Michelle G. Craske

TL;DR: The empirical evidence for cognitive biases in anxiety disorder populations is reviewed and potential deleterious effects of these biases on the process of cognitive-behavioral therapy are discussed, as are possible ways of overriding those effects and maximizing treatment efficacy.

TL;DR: Results indicate that the extent to which patients chose to remain in treatment and follow treatment recommendations was rarely an all-or-nothing phenomenon and that information was empowering and reduced the sense of isolation experienced by participants.

TL;DR: The comparable response of poor individuals in this study suggests that standard CBT and pharmacotherapy treatments for panic disorder do not need to be "tailored" to be effective in poor populations, however, the more severe illness both at baseline and follow-up in these poor individuals suggests that treatment programs may need to been extended in order to treat residual symptoms and disability in these patients.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the various costs associated with anxiety disorders that make early prevention a valuable endeavor and propose such models to guide high-risk sample selection including the content and format of prevention efforts.

TL;DR: In this paper , the OptEx Nexus is used as a clinician's tool for conducting exposure therapy from an inhibitory retrieval approach, with a focus on eight exposure optimization strategies: expectation violation, attention to feared stimulus/situation, removal of safety signals, and mental rehearsal after exposure.