The Sage Encyclopedia of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Courses in psychological distress and disorders are among the most popular courses in psychology programs, and mood and anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent disorders covered in these classes and encountered by mental health professionals. Although there are books on mood and anxiety disorders, on particular aspects of them, and on their presentation in specific populations, such works do not provide students new to the field with a comprehensive and accessible ready reference for understanding these disorders with respect to their phenomenology, etiology, and treatment, and through an inclusive lens that consistently considers how these symptoms appear and are construed across cultures, addressing societal factors such as race, culture, equity, and oppression. It is hoped that The SAGE Encyclopedia of Mood and Anxiety Disorders will fill this gap, allowing students and other interested readers to become familiar with past and current approaches and theories and to enhance their understanding of the sociocultural factors that affect how we discuss, approach, and treat these types of psychological distress. As such, consideration of sociocultural factors will infuse the three-volume set. The encyclopedia will consist of approximately 450 entries (essays), arranged alphabetically within three volumes.

About the Author :
Dara G. Friedman-Wheeler, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, Research Psychologist at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, adjunct faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy, and former Professor at Goucher College. She has experience working with mood and anxiety disorders, suicidality, chronic pain, and substance use disorders. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, co-authored the book Being the Change: A Guide for Advocates and Activists on Staying Healthy, Inspired, and Driven with Dr. Jamie S. Bodenlos, and served as Associate Editor for the SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. She co-authored the entry “CBT and Anti-Racism: Healing Racism through CBT” with Dr. Norman Cotterell on the Beck Institute blog. Her interests are in coping, expectancies, culturally-informed empirically supported treatments, and in centering equity and justice. Amy Wenzel, Ph.D., ABPP, splits her time between scholarship, clinical practice, training and supervision. She is owner and director of the Main Line Center for Evidence-Based Psychotherapy in Bryn Mawr, PA, adjunct faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and a trainer-consultant with the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. She is author or editor of over 25 books and treatment manuals, many geared toward cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or perinatal psychology, and over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She has served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the University of North Dakota, and the American College of Norway. She has been featured in numerous therapy demonstration videos published by the American Psychological Association. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (now Brain and Behavior Research Foundation). She is on the editorial boards of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and the Journal of Rational Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. Her current research interests are on the therapeutic relationship as a facilitator and agent of change in CBT and CBT for menopausal distress.