Preface

**Section 5 Therapy Modalities of Anxiety Disorders 113**

**VI** Contents

Kentaro Shirotsuki and Shota Noda

Chapter 7 **Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Social Anxiety Disorder 115**

> We currently have relatively less information about the mechanisms that contribute to the persistence or recurrence of anxiety across development. Much less diagnostic specificity is evident on the findings in the course of development. Retrospective studies point to the per‐ sistence of early anxiety disorders and suggest a relatively chronic or recurrent course. On‐ set of first anxiety disorder is often followed by the development of other anxieties in adolescence or early adulthood and in its turn, this anxiety predicts other adverse outcomes including depression, substance use, and suicidality along with psychosocial difficulties and poor functioning [1].

> In this book, we emphasize the intercourse of different anxiety disorders and underlying mechanisms in a lifetime. Important anxiety disorders such as dental anxiety in children and neurological conditions such as temporal lobe epilepsy are included.

> We believe this book will appeal to a wide audience of practicing psychiatrists, psycholo‐ gists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and mental health professionals. It is our hope that many will find this book useful for training mental health professionals to give them the newest developmental point of view about prototype anxiety disorders.

We dedicate this book to our lovely families, patients, and their families.

**Prof. Dr. Neşe Kocabaşoğlu** İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa Cerrahpasa School of Medicine Adult Psychiatry Clinic, Turkey
