Anxiety Disorders: Everything You Need to Know (Your Personal Health)

HelpingHand — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:29:20 +0000

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States.

Afflicting 19.1 million American adults between the ages of 15 and 54 (or 13% of the population), anxiety disorders are so common today it is impossible to remain untouched by them, directly or indirectly.

While fear and anxiety can serve as tools for survival, uncontrolled they lead to serious health concerns. Despite these facts and the known risks, few feel the need to educate themselves about the various dangers caused by anxiety until a medical crisis forces them to take action.

Anxiety Disorders explains the medical conditions and jargon used by medical professionals to describe and treat the problems caused by anxiety. The book identifies the origins of, symptoms and treatments for: – Panic attacks – Obsessive-compulsive behavior – Post-traumatic stress – Phobias

Anxiety disorders are by definition terrifying and crippling, but they are treatable. Dr. J. Paul Caldwell provides comprehensive, accurate, reassuring and up-to-date information for patients, caregivers and families.

Vetted by an esteemed roundtable of medical experts, Anxiety Disorders offers practical and consumer-oriented health advice.

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Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

HelpingHand — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:18:39 +0000

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. This fully revised new edition is an authoritative guide to the understanding and assessment of anxiety disorders in the young. The first section covers historical and conceptual issues, including cognitive and developmental processes, clinical and theoretical models, phenomenology and classification, and evidence-based assessment. Subsequent sections cover the biology of child and adolescent anxiety, and environmental influences including traumatic events, parenting and the impact of the peer group. The final section addresses prevention and treatment of anxiety. All chapters incorporate new advances in the field, explicitly differentiate between children and adolescents, and incorporate a developmental perspective. Written and edited by an international team of leading experts in the field, this is a key text for researchers, practitioners, students and clinical trainees with interests in child and adolescent anxiety.

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Concise Guide to Anxiety Disorders (Concise Guides)

HelpingHand — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:29:53 +0000

Concise Guide to Anxiety Disorders summarizes the latest research on anxiety disorders and translates it into practical treatment strategies for the best clinical outcomes. Designed for daily use in the clinical setting, it serves as an instant library of current information, quick to access and easy to understand.

Anxiety disorders are the most common of all psychiatric illnesses, causing significant functional impairment and distress. Yet, unlike patients with other psychiatric illnesses, patients with anxiety disorders are often quick to respond to proper treatment-making their treatment gratifying to clinicians.

Concise Guide to Anxiety Disorders runs the gamut of anxiety-related illnesses: panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, and specific phobias. The discussion of each disorder includes information on etiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, course and prognosis, biological and psychological theories, medications and interventional treatments, psychotherapeutic treatments, and combined treatments.

Strategies and methods are based on findings from an explosion of current research on the subject that has made the long-term outlook for patients with anxiety disorders more optimistic than ever before.

Every clinician who diagnoses and treats patients with anxiety disorders-including psychiatrists, residents and medical students, psychologists, and mental health professionals-will find Concise Guide to Anxiety Disorders invaluable for making informed treatment decisions.

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Anxiety Disorders: The Caregivers, Third Edition

HelpingHand — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:07:36 +0000

*Gives friends, family and support givers an understanding of anxiety, panic attacks and agoraphobia.
*Recommended by psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors for use by patients and their families.
*Information to help support people be more effective and aware of the special needs and feelings of those with these disorders.
*Includes hundreds of suggestions and advice from anxiety sufferers and support people.
*Descriptions and symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks, possible causes and treatments.
*Tips to help support people avoid becoming overwhelmed.
*The 2nd edition has been revised and enlarged with four new chapters.

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Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition

HelpingHand — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:57:18 +0000

Over the last decade, there has been considerable progress in the recognition and treatment of anxiety across the lifespan. Researchers now believe that the childhood-onset anxiety syndromes foreshadow adult anxiety disorders. This belief, coupled with the advent of DSM-IV, which introduces classification refinements that more closely align childhood and adult disorders, provides the impetus for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescent is the most comprehensive volume available on anxiety disorders in young people.
Bringing together experts in the field, this book presents the important theoretical perspectives currently informing research and clinical practice; descriptions of the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of specific DSM-IV childhood-onset anxiety disorders; as well as detailed discussions of current treatment methods.

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A Brief History of Anxiety?Yours and Mine

HelpingHand — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:37:19 +0000

Patricia Pearson returns to non-fiction with a witty, insightful and highly personal look at recognizing and coping with fears and anxieties in our contemporary world.

The millions of North Americans who silently cope with anxiety at last have a witty, articulate champion in Patricia Pearson, who shows that the anxious are hardly "nervous nellies” with "weak characters” who just need medicine and a pat on the head. Instead, Pearson questions what it is about today's culture that is making people anxious, and offers some surprising answers–as well as some inspiring solutions based on her own fierce battle to drive the beast away.

Drawing on personal episodes of incapacitating dread as a vivid, often hilarious guide to her quest to understand this most ancient of human emotions, Pearson delves into the history and geography of anxiety. Why are North Americans so much more likely to suffer than Latin Americans? Why did Darwin treat hypochondria with sprays from a hose? Why have we forgotten the insights of some of our greatest philosophers, theologians and psychologists in favor of prescribing addictive drugs? In this blend of fascinating reportage and poignant memoir, Pearson ends with her struggle to withdraw from antidepressants and to find more self-aware and philosophically-grounded ways to strengthen the soul.

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Pathological Anxiety: Emotional Processing in Etiology and Treatment

HelpingHand — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:08:43 +0000

Bringing together prominent researchers and practitioners, this authoritative volume describes significant recent advances in understanding and treating anxiety that are grounded in emotional processing theory and the seminal work of Edna Foa. Current etiological perspectives are explained; effective assessment approaches discussed; and important findings presented on the benefits of cognitive-behavioral therapies, pharmacotherapy, and combined treatments. Coverage encompasses the full range of frequently encountered disorders: posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive/n-/compulsive disorder in children and adults, panic, generalized anxiety, social phobia, and complicated grief. Special topics include the introduction of a new treatment, virtual reality exposure therapy.

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Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness (Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders)

HelpingHand — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:22:22 +0000

The amount of research on the prevalence and nature of various forms of anxiety disorders, problematic health behaviors, and physical illness has significantly accumulated, yet there has been no systematic integration of the research in science and practice.

Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness is a single resource that offers theoretical perspectives and reviews of research on the link between health behaviors and physical illness to anxiety. The authors explore the idea of reciprocal relations between anxiety and health factors throughout the developmental course. Special attention is devoted to the mechanisms by which certain health factors (e.g. physical exercise) may play a role in the onset or maintenance of particular anxiety disorders.

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Tapping the Healer Within : Using Thought-Field Therapy to Instantly Conquer Your Fears, Anxieties, and Emotional Distress

HelpingHand — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:04:06 +0000

In Tapping the Healer Within, Dr. Roger Callahan shows you how to harness the healing power of Thought Field Therapy on your own, to overcome phobias, anxieties, addictions, and other common psychological problems.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Mastering Clinical Challenges (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)

HelpingHand — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:23:50 +0000

Helping therapists bring about enduring change when treating clients with any anxiety disorder, this invaluable book combines expert guidance, in-depth exploration, and innovative clinical strategies. The authors draw on extensive experience and research to provide a framework for constructing lucid formulations of complex cases. They identify obstacles that frequently arise during the early, middle, and later stages of treatment and present a wide range of practical solutions. The volume demonstrates clear-cut yet flexible ways to enhance client engagement, foster metacognitive awareness, facilitate emotional processing, address low self-esteem and fear of uncertainty, and much more. Reproducible handouts and forms are included.

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