The concept of anxiety has long held a central place in psychoanalytic theories of mind and treatment. Yet, in recent years, data from the neurosciences and from pharmacological studies have posed a compelling challenge to psychoanalytic models of anxiety. One major outcome of these studies is the realization that anxiety both organizes and disorganizes, that it can be both symptom and signal. In Anxiety as Symptom and Signal, editors Steven Roose and Robert Glick have brought together distinguished contributors to address these different dimensions of anxiety. A section of original papers on "Anxiety as Symptom" covers evolutionary, neuroanatomical, genetic, and developmental perspectives. A complementary section on "Anxiety as Signal" focuses on the meanings and functions of anxiety in the clinical process; contributions address anxiety in its ego-psychological, intersubjective, and relational dimensions. The illuminating, readable collection will broaden clinicians' awareness of the diverse research findings that now inform our understanding of anxiety. No less importantly, it will deepen their appreciation of the richly variegated ways that anxiety can shape, and be shaped by, the clinical process. Table of Contents Preface, The Editors INTRODUCTION
1. Freudian and Post-Freudian Theories of Anxiety, Robert A. Glick ANXIETY AS SYMPTOM: THE MIND AND THE BRAIN
2. An Evolutionary Perspective on Anxiety, Myron A. Hofer
3. Neuroanatomy and Neurotransmitter Function in Panic Disorder, Jack M. Gorman, Laszlo A. Papp, and
Jeremy D. Coplan
4. Genetic and Temperamental Variations in Individual Predisposition to Anxiety, Abby J. Fyer
5. The Ontogeny and Dynamics of Anxiety in Childhood, Scott Dowling ANXIETY AS SIGNAL: THE TREATMENT SETTING
6. learning to Be Anxious, Gerald I. Fogel
7. Anxiety and Resistance to Changes in Self-Concept, Gloria J. Stern
8. The Patient's Anxiety, the Therapist's Anxiety, and the Therapeutic Process, Owen Renik
9. A Relational Perspective on Anxiety, Charles Spezzano
10. Does Anxiety Obstruct of Motivate Treatment? When to Talk, When to Prescribe, and When to do Both,
Steven R. Roose
11. Epilogue, Morton F.Reiser |
