Anxiety Disorders
Published on 20. September 2024
256 pages
978-0-19-766787-3 (ISBN)
Description
Anxiety disorders are common health conditions affecting many people worldwide. Anxiety is a natural human emotion that helps us prepare for challenges. However, when anxiety becomes overwhelming and interferes with daily life, individuals seek help from healthcare providers.What Do I Do Now? Anxiety Disorders offers clinicians practical knowledge and tools to navigate various anxiety disorder scenarios. This book places a strong emphasis on providing pragmatic approaches for both diagnosis and treatment. Each chapter highlights a unique clinical case and delves into the underlying medical causes, the interplay between anxiety and substance use, and the intricate relationship between anxiety and various life stages. In addition, this volume will empower clinicians to develop personalized treatment plans that include medication, lifestyle changes, as well as psychotherapy that is evidence-based and driven by current best practices. This book will serve as a valuable resource, helping clinicians answer the question, "What do I do now?" when dealing with anxiety disorders in their patients.
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Elizabeth A. Crocco | Zelde Espinel
Anxiety Disorders
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01/2025
Oxford University Press Inc
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Dr. Elizabeth A. Crocco is currently Clinical Professor and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She also serves as the Geriatric Psychiatry Training Director at Jackson Memorial Hospital and facilitates the primary training and supervision of all geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, medical students at UM and other physicians/health care professionals in the field. As the Medical Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Aging, Dr. Crocco oversees the coordination of the UM Memory Disorder Clinic and has been active in treating and researching depression and anxiety disorders in older adults.
Dr. Zelde Espinel is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Espinel is currently a psycho-oncologist with an expert focus on geriatric cancer patients at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine. Her main area of clinical scholarly activity includes the management of mood and anxiety disorders. She has received numerous awards and has assumed a series of leadership roles. She actively participates in the training of medical students, residents, fellows, and psychology practicum students in the field of psycho-oncology.
Content
1. Connecting the Dots: History Gathering in Anxiety Diagnosis
2. Beyond the Surface: Medical Evaluation of Anxiety Conditions
3. When Fear Strikes: Differentiating Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
4. Fearing the Outside World: Understanding Agoraphobia
5. The Chronic Worrier
6. Anxious in the Spotlight: Social Anxiety Disorder or Simply Avoidant?
7. When Fear Takes Flight
8. When Fear Collides: Panic Attacks within the Spectrum of Anxiety Disorders
9. Beneath the Surface: Uncovering Medical Causes of Anxiety
10. The Crossroads of Addiction and Anxiety
11. Washing Away Worries: Understanding the Complexities of OCD
12. Worry or Obsession? Distinguishing Obsessions from Everyday Worries
13. Every Mirror Reflects a Different Flaw
14. I Can't Bear to Part with Any of It
15. It's a constant struggle between reason and the urge to pull
16. The smell of gasoline brings back those horrible memories
17. When Memories Keep Me Awake
18. Anxiety has taken away my ability to enjoy the simple things in life
19. I really want help for my anxiety; it's taking over my life, but my drinking is not the problem
20. I'm really scared about the pending diagnosis. What if it's bad?
21. I find myself constantly worrying and it's been keeping me up at night
22. Mommy my tummy aches. I can't go to school today
23. Why can't I stay home like during online school??
24. I can't understand why she won't speak at school when she's perfectly fine talking to her siblings
25. What if I fall and no one's around to help?
26. I can't help but worry about my bills and finances
27. At first, I tried fluoxetine, but it made my anxiety even worse, and I had stomach problems
28. My doctor prescribed medication, but I am afraid to take it
29. I can't believe he did this to me! He put a curse on me!
