LEADER 03234oam 2200541I 450 001 9910797583003321 005 20230126214605.0 010 $a0-429-91473-3 010 $a0-429-90050-3 010 $a0-429-47573-X 010 $a1-78241-392-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429475733 035 $a(CKB)3710000000463150 035 $a(EBL)2147128 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2147128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2147128 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11090622 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL822554 035 $a(OCoLC)918998763 035 $a(OCoLC)1029237213 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB144225 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000463150 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIllusion and reality $ethe meaning of anxiety /$fDavid Smail 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-367-10342-7 311 $a1-78220-285-4 327 $aCOVER; Contents; Preface to Constable Edition; 1: The Myth of Normality; 2: The Reality of Threat; 3: Shyness and the Self as Object; 4: The Domination of Words; 5: The Language of Anxiety; 6: The Magic of the Machine; 7: The Experts; 8: The Possibility of Undeception; 9: The Confrontation of Reality; Index 330 $a"This work challenges the notion that anxiety and depression amount to a mental illness denoting that something is wrong with the individual sufferer. Instead, anxiety and depression are described as perfectly rational responses to difficulties in the sufferer's world, experienced subjectively by that person. An essential contrast is drawn between objective conceptions of normality (what reality ought to be as per commercial and other objectifying sources) and the reality of the individual's subjective experience of the world (abuse, unemployment, and so on). Chapters include tackling the myth of normality; examining shyness; and analysing the way in which assumptions behind the use of language can foster anxiety and depression.The book's primary purpose is to explain the meaning of anxiety as experienced by the sufferer. These insights also lead to a view, by way of secondary purpose, that the role of the therapist is not in 'curing' the individual, but rather to negotiate demystification and to provide insight into the effects of the problems in the sufferer's world, based on the sufferer and the therapist's shared subjective understanding. The curative claims of other models of 'treatment' are evaluated.Whilst David Smail's training in psychology and philosophy shines through his analysis, the primary source for his views is his experience as a clinical psychologist working in the NHS in Nottingham seeing 'patients' from all walks of life."--Provided by publisher. 606 $aAnxiety 606 $aAnxiety$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAnxiety. 615 0$aAnxiety$xSocial aspects. 676 $a616.85/223 700 $aSmail$b David$0790820 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797583003321 996 $aIllusion and reality$93860943 997 $aUNINA