Worry : hope and help for a common condition
Edition
1st. Ballantine Books ed.
Publication Information
New York : Ballantine Books, c2002, 1998.
Physical Description
xxxiv, 331 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"With a new introduction by the author."--cover.
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction 2002
- pt. 1 The world of worry
- ch. 1. When life feels more threatening than it should
- ch. 2. "Worry is good"
- ch. 3. The basic equation of worry : increased vulnerability + decreased power = increased worry
- ch. 4. Brain burn : the biological basis of worry
- ch. 5. The infinite web of "what-if?"
- ch. 6. How much of a worrier are you? : a self-assessment quiz
- pt. 2. Toxic types of worry
- ch. 7. When pain can't be forgotten : worry, old bones, and broken trust
- ch. 8. The worried child
- ch. 9. Worry in pairs : wife and husband, parent and child
- ch. 10. Worry at work : it can make you or break you
- ch. 11. Worry and depression
- ch. 12. Intruder in the dust : obsessive-compulsive disorder
- ch. 13. Worry run amok : panic and social phobia
- ch. 14. Living in fear : generalized anxiety disorder
- ch. 15. Is there a hidden pleasure in worry? : worry as a means of staying alert
- ch. 16. Worry at its most strange : paranoia
- ch. 17. The ominous core of life
- ch. 18. The example of Samuel Johnson --
- pt. 3. Remedies that work
- ch. 19. The basic steps of worry control
- ch. 20. ERP : evaluate, plan, remediate
- ch. 21. Speak well to yourself : learning to think constructively
- ch. 22. Changing your physical state to change your mental state
- ch. 23. Reassurance and connectedness
- ch. 24. Of golf, God, and letting go
- ch. 25. Medication : what to use, when to use, it, and when not to use it at all
- ch. 26. Fifty tips on the management of worry without using medication
- Appendix : Where to go for help
- With thanks to
- Index.