Phobias Mario Maj

Contents
List of Review Contributors xi
Preface xiii
CHAPTER 1 DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF PHOBIAS 1
Diagnosis and Classification of Phobias:
A Review 1
Isaac Marks and David Mataix-Cols
COMMENTARIES
1.1 Two Procrustean or One King-Size Bed for
Comorbid Agoraphobia and Panic? 33
Heinz Katschnig
1.2 Politics and Pathophysiology in the
Classification of Phobias 36
Franklin R. Schneier
1.3 A Critical Evaluation of the Classification
of Phobias 38
David V. Sheehan
1.4 The Role of Spontaneous, Unexpected Panic
Attacks in the Diagnosis and Classification
of Phobic Disorders 40
Giulio Perugi and Cristina Toni
1.5 Anxiety and Phobia: Issues in Classification 43
George C. Curtis
1.6 Nosology of the Phobias: Clues from the Genome 46
Raymond R. Crowe
1.7 Clusters, Comorbidity and Context in
Classification of Phobic Disorders 47
Joshua D. Lipsitz
1.8 Comorbidity in Social Phobia: Nosological
Implications 50
Constantin R. Soldatos and
Thomas J. Paparrigopoulos
1.9 Giving Credit to ‘‘Neglected’’ or ‘‘Minor’’ Disorders
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PHOBIAS 61
Epidemiology of Phobias: A Review 61
Gavin Andrews
COMMENTARIES
2.1 Risk-Factor and Genetic Epidemiology of
Phobic Disorders: A Promising Approach 81
Assen Jablensky
2.2 Defining a Case for Psychiatric Epidemiology:
Threshold, Non-Criterion Symptoms, and
Category versus Spectrum 85
Jack D. Maser and Jonathan M. Meyer
2.3 Phobias: A Difficult Challenge for Epidemiology 89
Carlo Faravelli
2.4 Phobias: Handy or Handicapping Conditions 91
Peter Tyrer
2.5 Phobic Disorders: Can We Integrate Empirical
Findings with Clinical Theories? 94
Marco Battaglia and Anna Ogliari
2.6 Social Phobia and Bipolar Disorder:
The Significance of a Counterintuitive
and Neglected Comorbidity 98
Hagop S. Akiskal and Giulio Perugi
2.7 Comorbidity between Phobias and Mood Disorders:
Diagnostic and Treatment Implications 103
Zolta´n Rihmer
2.8 Epidemiology of Phobias: Old Terminology,
New Relevance 105
Laszlo A. Papp
2.9 Phobias: Reflections on Definitions 108
Elie G. Karam and Nay G. Khatcherian
2.10 Phobias: Facts or Fiction? 110
Rudy Bowen and Murray B. Stein
CHAPTER 6 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BURDEN
OF PHOBIAS 303
Social and Economic Burden of Phobias:
A Review 303
Koen Demyttenaere, Ronny Bruffaerts
and Andy De Witte
COMMENTARIES
6.1 Burden of Phobias: Focus on Health-Related
Quality of Life 329
Mark H. Rapaport, Katia K. Delrahim
and Rachel E. Maddux
6.2 Reducing the Burden of Phobias: Patient
Factors, System Issues 332
Naomi M. Simon and Julia Oppenheimer
6.3 Health-Related Quality of Life: Disease-Specific
and Generic Dimensions in Social Phobia 335
Per Bech
6.4 What’s So Different about Anxiety Disorders
(Such as Phobias)? 337
Paul E. Greenberg, Howard G. Birnbaum
and Tamar Sisitsky
6.5 Why Take Social Phobia Seriously? 339
Fiona Judd
6.6 Phobias in Primary Care and in Young Children 342
Myrna M. Weissman
6.7 Treatments Are Needed to Reduce the Burden
of Phobic Illness 344
Peter P. Roy-Byrne and Wayne Katon
6.8 Early Diagnosis Can Reduce the Social and
Economic Burden of Phobias 348
Antonio E. Nardi
6.9 The High Cost of Underrecognition of Phobic
Disorders 350
Julio Bobes
6.10 Unanswered Questions on Phobias:
What Can We Do to Meet the Need? 352
T. Bedirhan U¨ stu¨n