Afraid : understanding the purpose of fear and harnessing the power of anxiety /: understanding the purpose of fear and harnessing the power of anxiety. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Arash Javanbakht, MD.
• Authors: MD, Javanbakht, Arash
• Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: The Origin of Fear: Evolved to be Scared Chapter 2: Wired to be Wired: Fear in the Brain Chapter 3: Why Is My Heart Pounding? Fear in the Body Chapter 4: How We Learn Fear, and How We Unlearn It Chapter 5: Haunt My Nerves: Why We Love to be Scared Chapter 6: Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear Chapter 7: I’m Afraid, So I’m Angry: Fear and Aggression Chapter 8: Diseases of Fear and Anxiety Chapter 9: Haunting Memories: Trauma and PTSD Chapter 10: Taming the Beast: How Clinicians Treat Fear and Anxiety Chapter 11: Riding the Beast: How to Use Fear to Our Advantage Chapter 12: Fear and Meaning: Defining It before It Defines Us Chapter 13: Fear and Creativity: Monsters that We Forge, and Monsters that Forge Us Chapter 14: Fear that Rules Us: Politics of Fear Chapter 15: The Business of Fear Bibliography Index About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (196 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 152.46; Fear; Anxiety
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538170397
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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