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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782633503321
• Autore: Root Benjamin
• 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
• 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