Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders

Part I. Theoretical Issues.- Epidemiological Perspectives on Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder and Substance Use Disorder-Matt G. Kushner, Robert Krueger, Brenda Frye, Jill Peterson.- The Neurobiology of Anxiety: Potential for Co-Morbidity of Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders-Neil McNaughton.-Part II. Research Findings.-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Neuroimaging, Neuroendocrine, and Psychophysiological Findings-Scott F. Coffey, Jennifer P. Read, Melissa M. Norberg.-Co-Morbidity of Social Phobia and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Review of Psychopathology Research Findings-Giao Q. Tran, Joshua P. Smith.-Panic Spectrum Disorders and Substance Use-G. Ron Norton, Peter J. Norton, Brian J. Cox, Shay-Lee Belik.-Part III. Treatment Strategies.-Treatment of Co-Morbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Substance Use Disorders-Keith C. Klostermann and William Fals-Stewart.-Treatment for Co-Morbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders-David S. Riggs and Edna B. Foa.-Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcoholism and Social Anxiety Disorder-Carrie L. Randall, Sarah W. Book, Maureen H. Carrigan, Suzanne E. Thomas.-Treating Co-Morbid Panic Disorder and Substance Use Disorder-Tony Toneatto and Neil A. Rector.-Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Co-Morbid Panic Psychopathology and Tobacco Use and Dependence-Michael J. Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein, Andrew R. Yartz, AlisonC. McLeish, Matthew T. Feldner.-Personality-based Approaches to Treatment of Co-Morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder-Margo C. Watt, Sherry H. Stewart, Patricia J. Conrod, Norman B. Schmidt.-Medical Management of Co-Morbid Anxiety and Substance Use Disorder-Jane E. Marshall.-Part IV. Integration And Conclusions.-Anxiety Disorders and Substance Use Disorders Co-Morbidity: Common Themes and Future Directions-Sherry H. Stewart, Patricia J. Conrod
About the Author:

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.