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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454328703321

Autore

Root Benjamin

Titolo

Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2000

ISBN

1-282-48562-8

9786612485626

1-60473-028-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/223

Soggetti

Anxiety Disorders -- popular works

Anxiety Disorders -- therapy

Anxiety

Panic Disorder -- popular works

Panic disorders -- Diagnosis

Panic disorders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Nature of Panic Disorder; 2. Some Related Disorders; 3. Pictures of the Mind; 4. Who Gets Anxiety Disorders?; 5. Treatment; 6. Searching for Answers; Appendices; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A patient's guide to panic disorder, panic attacks, and other stress-related maladies. Download Plain Text version. Twenty years ago panic disorder was often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Its symptoms frequently mimicked non-psychiatric diseases, making it a mystery to both doctors and patients. Sufferers filled emergency rooms and doctors' offices and endured countless general examinations that revealed nothing. In Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders , Benjamin Root, a practicing psychiatrist since 1986, gathers the very latest research and news on the newest pharmacological and