Living With Fear
2nd Edition
Published on 16. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-07-709758-5 (ISBN)
Description
Living with Fear is a self help book that gives practical advice to people who are suffering from phobias, panic, obsessions, rituals or traumatic distress. In the new edition the author has updated the book to include new phobias e.g. fear of Aids contamination as well as the latest treatments. References examples and case studies will be updated throughout the book. The case examples in the current edition are drawn from many parts of the world.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-709758-5 (9780077097585)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Hospital trust for 22 years.Former President of the British and European Associations of Behaviour Therapy.Former Fellow of the Stanford Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences and Salmon lecturer to NY Academy of Medicine.Previously worked at the New York Academy of Medicine, University of Michigan, University of Indiana, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Former consultant to the World Health Organisation and National Institute of Mental HealthLondon is his home town
Content
PrefacePart 1: The Nature of Fear and Anxiety Chapter 1: Recognising Normal and Abnormal FearChapter 2: Normal Anxieties and FearsChapter 3: Normal Reactions to Death and DisasterPart 2: Forms of Nervous Tension and their TreatmentChapter 4: Depressive Disorders and Anxiety StatesChapter 5: Phobic disorders:agoraphobia Chapter 6: Phobic Disorders: social and illness phobiasChapter 7: Phobic Disorders: Specific Phobiaschapter 8: Phobias in ChildresChpater 9: Obsessive Compulsive ProblemsChapetr 10: Sexual anxietiesPart 3:The Treatment of AnxietyChapter 11: Treatment by ProfessionalsChapter 12: Self Help for your Fears and Anxiety notesAuthor IndexSubject Index