Anxiety and Panic Attacks : Your Questions Answered /: Your Questions Answered. (2018)
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- Book
- Title:
- Anxiety and Panic Attacks : Your Questions Answered /: Your Questions Answered. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Anxiety and Panic Attacks : Your Questions Answered
- Further Information:
- Note: Daniel Zwillenberg PsyD.
- Authors:
- PsyD, Daniel Zwillenberg
- Contents:
- Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGuide to Health LiteracyCommon Myths and Misconceptions about Anxiety and Panic AttacksQuestions and AnswersGeneral Information1. What is anxiety?2. What purpose do fear and anxiety serve?3. How is the experience of fear "made" by the brain?4. How do fear and anxiety affect our physiology, subjective experience, and behavior?5. How do fear and anxiety impact perception and cognition?6. What is a panic attack?7. What are the different kinds of anxiety disorders?8. Are there other mental disorders that have anxiety as a key characteristic?9. How common are anxiety disorders? Who tends to get them?10. Why are women more likely than men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?Causes and Risk Factors11. Why do some people develop anxiety disorders?12. How does parenting affect anxiety?13. Can anxiety be inherited?14. How do people develop irrational fears of spiders, dogs, heights, and so on?Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis15. When does normal anxiety become a disorder?16. How are anxiety disorders diagnosed?17. How does anxiety cause people to "choke" under pressure?18. How is anxiety related to depression?19. Are there other conditions that can be confused with anxiety disorders?20. Is homophobia an anxiety disorder?21. Is it possible to die from a panic attack?Treatment22. How are anxiety disorders treated?23. What is psychotherapy?24. What is cognitive-behavioral therapy, and how is it applied to anxiety?25. What kinds of medicationsSeries ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGuide to Health LiteracyCommon Myths and Misconceptions about Anxiety and Panic AttacksQuestions and AnswersGeneral Information1. What is anxiety?2. What purpose do fear and anxiety serve?3. How is the experience of fear "made" by the brain?4. How do fear and anxiety affect our physiology, subjective experience, and behavior?5. How do fear and anxiety impact perception and cognition?6. What is a panic attack?7. What are the different kinds of anxiety disorders?8. Are there other mental disorders that have anxiety as a key characteristic?9. How common are anxiety disorders? Who tends to get them?10. Why are women more likely than men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?Causes and Risk Factors11. Why do some people develop anxiety disorders?12. How does parenting affect anxiety?13. Can anxiety be inherited?14. How do people develop irrational fears of spiders, dogs, heights, and so on?Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis15. When does normal anxiety become a disorder?16. How are anxiety disorders diagnosed?17. How does anxiety cause people to "choke" under pressure?18. How is anxiety related to depression?19. Are there other conditions that can be confused with anxiety disorders?20. Is homophobia an anxiety disorder?21. Is it possible to die from a panic attack?Treatment22. How are anxiety disorders treated?23. What is psychotherapy?24. What is cognitive-behavioral therapy, and how is it applied to anxiety?25. What kinds of medications are used? How do they work?26. Are there treatments other than medication and psychotherapy?27. Is it best for people to avoid the things that make them anxious?28. What do mental health professionals recommend people to do during a panic attack?History and Culture29. How have the concepts of anxiety and anxiety disorders evolved over time?30. How does culture impact anxiety?Case StudiesDirectory of ResourcesGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Author. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Greenwood
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Subjects:
- Psychology -- Psychopathology -- Anxieties & Phobias
Psychology -- Reference
Psychology -- General
Abnormal psychology - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9798216048640
8216048645 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781440852985
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