When behavior therapy was first applied to what would now be
labeled an anxiety disorder, a simplistic theoretical model guided
the treatment of a sim ple phobia. Time and research have shown
that the techniques of behavior ther apy have been more successful
than its models have been explanatory. Yet progress has been
substantial in both realms, as the following volume makes patently
clear. In 1980 an inventory of this progress was catalogued at an
NIMH-sponsored workshop. What both that workshop and this volume
clearly show is that the behav ior therapy researcher need no
longer suffer the epithet "overly simplistic." One of the major
strengths of this volume is its elucidation of the complexities
that now attend the study of the anxiety disorders, particularly
from a behav ioral point of view. The researcher at times appears
almost to be buried in a landslide of complexities regarding this
topic. The concept of anxiety itself has undergone a
differentiation to a level of complexity that poses problems for
both the conceptualization and the treat ment of anxiety disorders.
In virtually one voice, the several authors of this volume argue
the multidimensional nature of anxiety. The "lump" view of anx iety
has given way to the three-channel view of anxiety. An
investigator's future research career could well be secured just by
spending time puzzling out the significance of the low
intercorrelations among the channels."
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