Generalized anxiety disorder

  • White JR. Overcoming generalized anxiety disorder: a relaxation, cognitive restructuring and exposure-based protocol for the treatment of GAD. Oakland, Calif: New Harbinger, 1999.

Hypochondriasis/health anxiety

  • Neuman F. Worried sick? The exaggerated fear of physical illness: how to put physical symptoms into perspective, how to avoid unnecessary worry. Larchmont, N.Y.: Hadrian Press, 2003.

Mindfulness meditation and worry

  • Kabat-Zinn J. Full catastrophe living: using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. New York: Delta, 1990.

  • Kabat-Zinn J. Mindfulness meditation: cultivate mindfulness, enrich your life. Niles, Ill: Nightingale-Conant, 2003.

Obsessive thoughts/obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Baer L. The imp of the mind: exploring the silent epidemic of obsessive bad thoughts. New York: Plume, 2002.

  • Grayson J. Freedom from obsessive-compulsive disorder: a personalized recovery program for living with uncertainty. New York: Tarcher, 2003.

Worry in children

  • Chansky TE. Freeing your child from anxiety: powerful, practical solutions to overcome your child’s fears, worries and phobias. New York: Broadway Books, 2004.

  • Chansky TE. Freeing your child from obsessive-compulsive disorder: a powerful, practical program for parents of children and adolescents. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000.

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