Anxiety and Panic
How to reshape your anxious mind and brain
Published on 7. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4091-7451-6 (ISBN)
Description
THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Holds the key to easing the mental torture of those who have endured a lifelong struggle with the symptoms of acute and chronic anxiety. A unique book by a unique doctor' IRISH TIMES
A practical guide to understanding, managing and overcoming anxiety and panic attacks by bestselling author and GP Harry Barry.
Do you or does someone you love suffer from general anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, a phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder? Or are you a health-care worker treating people with these disorders? Then this book is for you.
Dr Harry Barry combines a deep knowledge of the inner workings of the mind and brain with a wealth of experience treating patients as a GP to offer a way out of the fear, worry and shame of anxiety. In this wise, supportive book, Dr Barry explains clearly and simply what it is about our minds and brains that generates the symptoms of anxiety. Through a series of case studies based on his real-life experiences treating patients, he explains and demonstrates how to use lifestyle changes, mindfulness, exercise and CBT techniques to cope with these symptoms and ultimately feel better.
Previously published as Flagging Anxiety: How to Reshape Your Anxious Mind and Brain, this edition has been fully revised and updated.
'Holds the key to easing the mental torture of those who have endured a lifelong struggle with the symptoms of acute and chronic anxiety. A unique book by a unique doctor' IRISH TIMES
A practical guide to understanding, managing and overcoming anxiety and panic attacks by bestselling author and GP Harry Barry.
Do you or does someone you love suffer from general anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, a phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder? Or are you a health-care worker treating people with these disorders? Then this book is for you.
Dr Harry Barry combines a deep knowledge of the inner workings of the mind and brain with a wealth of experience treating patients as a GP to offer a way out of the fear, worry and shame of anxiety. In this wise, supportive book, Dr Barry explains clearly and simply what it is about our minds and brains that generates the symptoms of anxiety. Through a series of case studies based on his real-life experiences treating patients, he explains and demonstrates how to use lifestyle changes, mindfulness, exercise and CBT techniques to cope with these symptoms and ultimately feel better.
Previously published as Flagging Anxiety: How to Reshape Your Anxious Mind and Brain, this edition has been fully revised and updated.
Reviews / Votes
His book holds the key to easing the mental torture of those who have endured a lifelong struggle with the symptoms of acute and chronic anxiety. A unique book by a unique doctor * IRISH TIMES * I think that everyone can get something from this book - those affected by anxiety, but also mental-health professionals and scientists working in the area. -- Professor Catherine Harmer * Oxford University * Anxiety & Panic is not a book for your doctor's shelf - it is a book for YOU. If you've ever experienced anxiety, stress or panic attacks - all of which are on the increase in our more stressful lives - then please, read this book . . . -- Cathy Kelly, author and UNICEF ambassador His book holds the key to easing the mental tortureof those who have endured a lifelong struggle with the symptoms of acute
and chronic anxiety. A unique book by a unique doctor. -- Dr Muiris Houston * Irish Times * I think that everyone
can get something from this book - those affected by anxiety, but also mental-
health professionals and scientists working in the area. -- Professor Catherine Harmer, cognitive neuroscience * Oxford University * Flagging Anxiety & Panic is not a book for your doctor's shelf - it is a book
for YOU. If you've ever experienced anxiety, stress or panic attacks - all of
which are on the increase in our more stressful lives - then please, read this
book . . . -- Cathy Kelly, Author and UNICEF Ambassador
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4091-7451-6 (9781409174516)
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E-Book
09/2017
1st Edition
Orion Spring
€9.49
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Person
Dr. Harry Barry is a highly respected Irish author and medic, with over three decades of experience as a GP. With a keen interest in the area of mental health and suicide prevention, Dr. Barry is the author of numerous books addressing various aspects of mental health including depression and toxic stress. Dr. Barry regularly contributes to media coverage of these topics and is on the board of Aware.ie.