Looming Vulnerability: Theory, Research and Practice in Anxiety

Author: John H. RiskindPublisher: SpringerPaperback:ISBN 10: 1493993909ISBN 13: 978-1493993901Hardcover:ISBN 10: 1493987801ISBN 13: 978-1493987801This stimulating resource presents the Looming Vulnerability Model, a nuanced take on the cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of anxiety, worry, and other responses to real or imagined threat. The core feature of the model―the perception of growing, rapidly approaching threat―is traced to humans’ evolutionary past, and this dysfunctional perception is described as it affects cognitive processing, executive functioning, emotions, physiology, and behavior. The LVM framework allows for more subtle understanding of mechanisms of and risk factors for the range of anxiety disorders as well as for more elusive subclinical forms of anxiety, worry, and fear. In addition, the authors ably demonstrate how the LVM can inform and refine cognitive-behavioral and other approaches to conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of these often disabling co