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Fiona Alger
Ms. Knudson
UWRT 1103-004
9 November 2016
Causes and Treatments of Anxiety Disorders
Mondays workshop of my annotated bibliography helped me a lot. I was able to get three
different classmates to read over my annotated bibliography, and I felt like I got very thoughtful
comments. One of my classmates pointed out that one of my sources was out of alphabetically
order, so I changed that. This classmate also suggested I put the last name first for both authors
when there is more than one. I checked Purdue Owl, and it confirmed that my way of citing
multiple authors was correct so I did not make this change. She also suggested I do not indent
my paragraphs, which according to the example annotated bibliography, they do need to be
indented, so I also did not change that. The other classmate said I did not include enough
information about how I will use my sources in my project or my opinions on them. Due to this
critique, I went back through each source and added a sentence or two about how I will use the
information I received from it. This same person also corrected a typo. The third person did not
write anything, so I guess he either did not spot any mistakes or believed the previous classmate,
who was very detailed, covered all of my mistakes. Without this workshop, I do not believe my
annotated bibliography would be as good as it is now. I am grateful that the people sitting around
me so kindly offered to read through my work and provide me a fresh set of eyes to spot any
mistakes. Overall, I believe this workshop was very successful and would definitely like to
participate in workshops for future assignments.

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Andrews, Gavin. The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Clinician Guides and Patient Manuals.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.
Gavin Andrews is a professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales in
Australia. This book was written to reach out to psychologists and psychiatrists across the world
and teach them how to treat various anxiety disorders. While many other books target parents
and people suffering from anxiety disorders, this one targets psychologists and psychiatrists. Its
purpose is to explain what anxiety feels like and how to treat it to people who are not dealing
with it on a personal level. By giving psychologists and psychiatrists this knowledge, Andrews
believes they will be able to better help patients. An example of how he does this is by discussing
the results of a questionnaire several mental health professionals gave to people with anxiety
disorders (9). This shows one way for psychologists and psychiatrists to learn more about what
people with anxiety are feeling.
This source is a book, set up at a series of manuals for people with each different type of
anxiety disorder. This author gains credibility by working as a professor in the field he is writing
about. That shows he got a degree to qualify him to teach this topic to adults, including those
who read this book. He organizes his information by first explaining what anxiety is and how to
treat it in general. Then, he goes into the symptoms and treatment options that are more specific
for each type of anxiety.
Foa, Edna B., and Linda Wasmer Andrews. If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: An
Essential Resource for Parents. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006. Print.
Edna Foa is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and
Linda Wasmer Andrews is a journalist who specializes in writing about psychology as well as a

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blogger for Psychology Today. This book shows how to help a teenager dealing with anxiety for
any adults involved in their life, such as parents, teachers, and psychologists. They do this by
first explaining four different types of anxiety. They then discuss how these disorders are
developed and the many ways to treat them. They use real stories from families with teenagers
who have anxiety to show how they treated them and the effects of their methods. One story they
used was of a man named Carl, the father of the 13-year-old with anxiety. Carl also has anxiety
and believed that he having it allows him to truly show his child that he understands what they
are feeling (37). This feeling of being understood helps encourage teenagers to see their illness as
something that they do not need to be ashamed of and feel more open to seeking help.
If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents is a book
that was published in 2006. Both authors are very credible as they both have decades of
knowledge about mental illnesses, including anxiety. As stated above, one is a professor of
psychology and the other has been writing for respected sources, such as Psychology Today, for
years. First, the authors how the book can help adults understand mentally ill teenagers
conditions and earn credibility for themselves. Then, they explain the different kinds of mental
illnesses and how they develop. Finally, they explain how to treat them and the benefits of
treatment. This order is very well thought out and executed because it gains the trust of readers
before stating anything else. Also, by stating the different types of anxiety before treatment
options, they allow adults to identify the disorder their teenager has so they can save time and
only read about the treatment options for that specific type of anxiety.
Jongsma, Arthur E., and Timothy J. Bruce. Evidence-based Treatment Planning for Social
Anxiety Disorder. Hoboken, NJ: Chichester, 2010. Print.

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Arthur Jongsma is the founder and director of Psychological Consultants, a group private
practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan who has a doctorate in psychology. Timothy Bruce is a
professor and associate chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at
the University of Illinois. This source focuses specifically on social anxiety.
This source is a DVD that comes with a book that highlights the important concepts
discussed in the DVD. Both Jongsma and Bruce are credible sources due to their many years
working in psychology-related professions. It is structured by discussing the signs of social
anxiety, then treatment options, and finally how to prevent the people dealing with social anxiety
from going back to their lowest point.
Orsillo, Susan M., and Lizabeth Roemer. Acceptance and Mindfulness-based Approaches to
Anxiety: Conceptualization and Treatment. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.
Susan Orsillo is a psychology professor at Suffolk University, and Lizabeth Roemer is a
psychology professor at the University of Massachusetts. This book intends to show how to treat
anxiety through accepting and acknowledging its existence. By removing a stigma of anxiety,
people with anxiety will feel more open about seeking treatment and expressing their mental
illness. The authors question why join acceptance and psychology, which causes them to realize
that this connection could apply to treatment of all the different types of anxiety. Orsillo and
Roemer gain the interest of readers by starting the book by explaining how people with anxiety
spend double the amount on health care than people without it (4). By informing people of how
much money they are spending, people are more willing to hear the best ways to treat anxiety so
they can feel as though they are getting their moneys worth. The authors conclude that accepting

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and understanding the causes and effects of anxiety are crucial to treating it in the most efficient
way possible.
Acceptance and Mindfulness-based Approaches to Anxiety: Conceptualization and
Treatment is a book with both electronic and print copies. These authors are credible as they are
both professors at well-respected universities who specialize in psychology. The authors
structure this book by beginning with a discussion how to include acceptance in psychology
teaching and treatment. Next, they explain how to relate this to each different type of anxiety.
Finally, they explain how this will affect psychology in the future. This structure allows for
readers to first learn what the purpose of this book is and open their mind to the idea of binding
acceptance to modern psychology. Then, it allows readers to see how this method could benefit
all people with any kind of anxiety before explaining potential effects on the future of
psychology.
Kearney, Christopher A. Social Anxiety and Social Phobia in Youth: Characteristics,
Assessment, and Psychological Treatment. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.
Christopher Kearney is a professor and chair of psychology at the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas. This book focuses on 6
Quick, Ellen K. Solution Focused Anxiety Management: A Treatment and Training Manual. San
Diego: Elsevier Science, 2013. Print.
Ellen Quick earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh
and has practiced psychology for over 20 years. This book aims to communicate with people
suffering from anxiety disorders and help them tailor a treatment option to themselves and their
symptoms. The treatment options she suggests all are based around solving any problems created

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by anxiety disorders within the individuals life. Quick categorizes solutions to anxiety in the
Four Cs: courage, coping, appropriate caution, and choice (24). She gets to the Four Cs by
explaining how different types of therapy affect people with psychology and seeing what
teachings they all have in common.
This source is a book created to put communication between mental health professional
and patient in writing. Due to her many years practicing psychology, Quick is a credible source
to gain information on mental illness from. She structures this book by splitting it into ten
chapters. The first three chapters introduce the concept of solution-based therapy and how to
include it in therapy sessions. The next four chapters focus on the individuals suffering from
anxiety and why they should accept and experience solution-based therapy. The final three
chapters explain the reactions of both people dealing with anxiety and mental health
professionals to solution-based therapies as well as the future of the practice.