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Book

Living with fear : understanding and coping with anxiety

Call Number

  • 616.8522 M3465 (OSH)

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Edition

Second edition.

Publication Information

London : McGraw-Hill, [2001]

Physical Description

xvi, 215 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

This self-help guide gives advice to people who are suffering from phobias, panic, obsessions or traumatic distress. New phobias are included such as the fear of AIDs contamination as well as the latest treatments.

Notes

Previous edition: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Contents

  • 1. Recognising normal and abnormal fear
  • 2. Normal anxieties and fears
  • 3. Normal reactions to death and disaster
  • 4. Depressive and anxiety disorders
  • 5. Phobic disorders I: agoraphobia (panic disorder)
  • 6. Phobic disorders II: social and illness phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • 7. Phobic disorders III: specific phobias
  • 8. Phobias in children
  • 9. Obsessive-compulsive problems
  • 10. Sexual anxieties
  • 11. Treatment by professionals
  • 12. Self-help for your fears and anxiety.

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