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Worrisome times Understanding and overcoming anxiety disorders Martin M. Antony Department of Psychology Anxiety disorders affect about one in every four Canadians, making them the most prevalent of mental health problems. Phobias, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related conditions exact a huge toll on individuals and their families, and they place tremendous burdens on the health-care system. Past-president of the Canadian Psychological Association, Martin Antony is a world leader in developing a greater understanding of anxiety disorders and their treatment. His internationally recognized and widely published research has been foundational in the development of therapeutic approaches to combating anxiety. Recently, for example, Antony has worked closely with colleagues in Canada and abroad to identify the relationship between anxiety disorders and various emotional, personality and behavioural factors, including anger, reduced emotional intelligence, impulsivity, smoking and a history of childhood teasing. “I am also deeply committed to sharing knowledge about anxiety and coping beyond the scholarly and clinical domains,” says Antony, who is also chair of the Department of Psychology. His books – including the award-winning When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough and Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook – translate evidence-based treatments into language that people seeking to overcome their anxiety and related problems can directly use. Currently, Antony and co-investigators at York University and the University of Massachusetts are in the early stages of a project designed to tackle a serious challenge in the treatment of severe anxiety and chronic worry: non-response or partial response. “This problem,” says Antony, “can arise, in part, from low patient motivation for adhering to treatment procedures. Our goal is to test the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) for augmenting treatment response.” Antony and his team plan to add MI before and during cognitive behavioural therapy for excessive worry. “If our hypotheses are proven correct, our findings will have significant public health implications.” 6 Pulse Health Research and Innovation at Ryerson

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Elizabeth McCay
Trevor A. Hart
Centre for Global Health and Health Equity
Martin M. Anthony
Thomas Tenkate
Fiona Yeudall
Sri Krishman
Ana Pejović-Milić
Victor Yang
Souraya Sidani
Colleen E. Carney
Centre for Health in At-Risk Populations
Catherine Beauchemin
Habiba Bourgherara
Raffi Karshafian and Michael C. Kolios
Jahan Tavakkoli
Russell D. Viirre
Donna Koller
Faith Donald
Judy Finlay
Janet M. Lum
Deborah Fels
Jason Nolan
Bionik Laboratories Inc.
Institute for Stress and Wellbeing Research
Ontario Multicultural Health Applied Research Network
Computational Biomedical Physics Laboratory

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