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Feb 2, 2021 12 min

#30 Why It Doesn't Work to Tell Someone, "Not to Worry."

from Talking Your Way to Change Hosted by Xan Banker , Psy.D., L.P

Borkovec TD. The nature, functions, and origins of worry. In: Davey GCL, Tallis F, editors. Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment and treatment. Wiley; Oxford, England: 1994. pp. 5–33. Borkovec TD, Alcaine O, Behar ES. Avoidance theory of worry and generalized anxiety disorder. In: Heimberg R, Mennin D, Turk C, editors. Generalized anxiety disorder: Advances in research and practice. Guilford; New York: 2004. pp. 77–108. American Psychological Association defines worry as a state of mental distress or agitation due to concern about an impending or anticipated event, threat, or danger. Leahy, Robert (2005). The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You. New York: Three Rivers Press. The Contrast Avoidance Model (CAM) postulates that individuals at risk for pathological worry and GAD symptoms uniquely fear emotional shifts from neutral or positive emotions into negative emotional states, and consequently use worry to maintain negative emotion in order to avoid shifts or blunt the effect of negative. Alireza Rashtbari & Omid Saed | Giulia Prete (Reviewing editor) (2020) Contrast avoidance model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder: A theoretical perspective, Cogent Psychology, 7:1.

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