Interpersonal Processes in the Anxiety Disorders

J. Gayle Beck, PhD, is the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. During her doctoral training at the University at Albany, State University of New York, she worked with David Barlow on clinical research that changed the field's conceptualization of anxiety and anxiety-based disorders.  After completing an internship at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey amp ndash Rutgers Medical School, Dr. Beck joined the faculty at the University of Houston and subsequently moved to the State University of New York amp ndash Buffalo.  Over the years, Dr. Beck has conducted research on a variety of adult anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, anxiety among medical patients with nonorganic chest pain, generalized anxiety disorder in older adults, and most recently posttraumatic stress disorder.  She has published numerous scientific articles, contributed many chapters, and authored a book on sexual psychophysiology. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Heart Association, and various state and local agencies.  Dr. Beck serves on numerous editorial boards and previously completed a term as editor of Behavior Therapy. As past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (formerly the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy), Dr. Beck has striven to build conceptual bridges between various facets of clinical psychology and to encourage solid empirical work to inform the understanding and treatment of disordered behavior.

• ContributorsIntroduction -J. Gayle BeckI. Conceptualization and AssessmentModels for Understanding Interpersonal Processes and Relationships in Anxiety Disorders -Mark A. Whisman and Steven R. H. BeachAssessing Linkages Between Interpersonal Processes and Anxiety Disorders -Douglas K. Snyder, Richard E. Zinbarg, Richard E. Heyman, Stephen N. Haynes, Molly F. Gasbarrini, and Mandy UliaszekII. Interpersonal Processes in Specific Anxiety DisordersInterpersonal Processes and the Anxiety Disorders of Childhood -Thomas H. Ollendick, Natalie M. Costa, and Kristy E. BenoitAnxiety Disorders in Adolescence -Joanne Davila, Annette M. La Greca, Lisa R. Starr, and Ryan R. LandollInterpersonal Processes in Social Anxiety Disorder -Lynn E. Alden and Charles T. TaylorObsessive amp ndash Compulsive Disorder -Keith D. Renshaw, Gail Steketee, Camila S. Rodrigues, and Catherine M. CaskaPosttraumatic Stress Disorder in an Interpersonal Context -Candice M. Monson, Steffany J. Fredman, and Rachel DekelInterpersonal Aspects of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia -Dianne L. ChamblessGeneralized Anxiety Disorder -Michelle G. Newman and Thane M. EricksonHealth Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: Interpersonal Extensions of the Cognitive amp ndash Behavioral Perspective-Paula G. Williams, Timothy W. Smith, and Kevin D. JordanIII. ConclusionWhat Lies Ahead: Steps in Understanding Interpersonal Processes in the Anxiety Disorders -J. Gayle BeckIndexAbout the Editor