Understanding panic and other anxiety disorders / Benjamin A. Root.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Root, Benjamin A.

Series:

Understanding health and sickness series.

Understanding health and sickness series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panic disorders.

Anxiety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2000.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [82]) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48562-8

9786612485626

1-60473-028-5

OCLC:

50174851