Anxiety Disorders
Published on 26. October 2007
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Other digital
560 pages
978-0-470-98684-4 (ISBN)
Description
Rapid developments in recent years in basic science and pharmacology has greatly increased understanding of the causes of anxiety disorders. This has led to a large number of new drug treatments from the pharmaceutical industry. This book makes sense of these advances and presents a coherent account of diagnosis and management from the clinical point of view. Chapters are in the form of surveys and digests of the recent literature and are interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points and are well illustrated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1154 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-98684-4 (9780470986844)
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David J. Nutt | James C. Ballenger
Anxiety Disorders
E-Book
04/2008
Wiley-Blackwell
€172.99
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Content
Part 1: Introduction. 1 Conceptual Antecedents of the Anxiety Disorders. Part 2: Symptoms and Syndromes. 2 Relationships Among Anxiety Disorders: Patterns and Implications. 3 Panic Disorder: Symptoms and Syndromes. 4 Genralized Anxiety Disorder. 5 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. 6 Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. 7 Social Anxiety Disorder. 8 Sleep Aspects inAnxiety Disorder. 9 Childhood Antecedents of Adult Anxiety Disorders. 10 Anxiety and Schizophrenia. Part 3: Mechanisms. 11 Neurochemical Aspects of Anxiety. 12 Brain Imaging and Anxiety Disorders. 13 Genetics Dissection of Anxiety and Related Disorders. 14 Respiration and Anxiety. 15 Pharmacological Challenge Agents in Anxiety. 16 Panic Disorders and Medical Illness. Part 4: Treatments. 17 Benzodiazepines. 18 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors innthe Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders. 19 Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders with Tricyclic Antidepressants. 20 Buspirone in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. 21 Antihistamines in the Treatment of Psychic and Somatic Anxiety States. 22 Anxiety Disorders: New Antidepressants. 23 Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. 24 Exposure Therapy and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. 25 Anxiety Disorders: Alternative Drug Treatments. 26 Physical Treatments. 27 Herbal Therapy and Anxiety. Part 5: Conclusion. 28 Anxiety Disorders: Current Needs and Future Prospects. Index