| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 400 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-383) and index. |
| Contents |
The nature of anxiety -- What do we talk about when we talk about anxiety -- A rumbling in the belly -- Performance anxiety -- A sack of enzymes -- A brief history of panic, or, how drugs created a new disorder -- Medication and the meaning of anxiety -- Separation anxiety -- Warriors and worriers, the genetics of anxiety -- Ages of anxiety -- Redemption and resilience -- Redemption -- Resilience. |
| Summary |
The author recounts his lifelong battle with anxiety, showing the many manifestations of the disorder as well as the countless treatments that have been developed to counteract it, and provides a history of the efforts to understand this common form of mental illness. |
| Subject |
Anxiety.
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Anxiety -- Chemotherapy.
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Anxiety disorders -- Epidemiology.
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Tranquilizing drugs -- Social aspects.
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Stossel, Scott -- Mental health.
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| ISBN |
9780307269874 hardcover |
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0307269876 hardcover |
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9780307390608 paperback |
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0307390608 paperback |
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