Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders

Sherry H. Stewart, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Dalhousie University and is an Associate Editor of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy journal. Since receiving her doctorate from McGill University in 1993, she has published many articles and taken part in numerous scientific presentations on the subjects of anxiety and addictive behaviors (particularly alcoholism and gambling). She is currently conducting research on the co-morbidity of gambling and alcohol use disorders, funded by a grant from the Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation. Patricia J. Conrod, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Lecturer at the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. She was previously Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her research focuses on cognitive, personality and biological risk factors for alcohol and drug misuse and the factors that mediate the co-occurrence of addictive behaviors with other mental disorders. Her experimental research focuses on factors that make people more susceptible to seek out behavioral reinforcement from drugs of abuse. She has published several studies demonstrating that personality factors determine the type of reinforcement experienced from substances of abuse. More recently, her research findings have led to the development of new approaches to substance abuse treatment and prevention that target personality risk factors for substance misuse.

• Theoretical Issues.- Epidemiological Perspectives on Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder.- The Neurobiology of Anxiety: Potential for Co-Morbidity of Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders.- Research Findings.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Neuroimaging, Neuroendocrine, and Psychophysiological Findings.- Co-Morbidity of Social Phobia and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Review of Psychopathology Research Findings.- Panic Spectrum Disorders and Substance Use.- Treatment Strategies.- Treatment of Co-Morbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Substance Use Disorders.- Treatment for Co-Morbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders.- Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcoholism and Social Anxiety Disorder.- Treating Co-Morbid Panic Disorder and Substance Use Disorder.- Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Co-morbid Panic Psychopathology and Tobacco Use and Dependence.- Personality-based Approaches to Treatment of Co-morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder.- Medical Management of Co-Morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder.- Integration And Conclusions.- Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder Co-Morbidity: Common Themes and Future Directions.

The first of its kind in providing a critical review of the emerging literature addressing such co-morbid conditions, this book is an excellent step in providing researchers and clinicians with guidance in the understanding and treatment of this complicated presentation. Overall, the current volume will likely be instrumental in further advancing the field of co-occurring anxiety and substance use disorders. -Lindsay S. Ham, University of Arizona, Book Review for Anxiety Disorders: A Quarterly Report, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies