outline and elucidate the cognitive theory and model of anxiety and its disorders / address the definition of anxiety and anxiety disorders, its epidemiology, basic assumptions of the cognitive theory of anxiety, the role of predisposing and precipitating factors, a cognitive case conceptualization derived from the cognitive model, and common misconceptions about cognitive theory / use] clinical research and case] examples to illustrate our points (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)