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On edge : a journey through anxiety / Andrea Petersen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 305 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780553418576
  • 0553418572
  • 9780553418590
  • 0553418599
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The anticipation of pain: defining anxiety -- Scary clowns and the end of days: anxiety in childhood -- My grandmother's madness: the genetics of anxiety -- From CBT to karaoke: nondrug therapies for anxiety -- May cause dizziness: medications for anxiety -- Cold calls, airplanes, and indecision: anxiety at work and on the road -- The isolation chamber: anxiety in love and friendship -- Worries about my daughter: the education of an anxious parent -- Staying grounded: learning to live with anxiety.
Summary: A wry, sympathetic, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety, coupled with deep reportage on the science of anxiety disorders. -- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.8522 P484 Available 33111008766640
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety.

A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with ananxiety disorderat the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every odd physical sensation. She developed fears of driving on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it-one that took her from psychiatrists' offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail.

Woven into Petersen's personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness, visiting top neuroscientists and tracing her family history-from her grandmother, who, plagued by paranoia,once tried to burn down her own house, to her young daughter, in whom Petersen sees shades of herself.

Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.

A wry, sympathetic, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety, coupled with deep reportage on the science of anxiety disorders. -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.

The anticipation of pain: defining anxiety -- Scary clowns and the end of days: anxiety in childhood -- My grandmother's madness: the genetics of anxiety -- From CBT to karaoke: nondrug therapies for anxiety -- May cause dizziness: medications for anxiety -- Cold calls, airplanes, and indecision: anxiety at work and on the road -- The isolation chamber: anxiety in love and friendship -- Worries about my daughter: the education of an anxious parent -- Staying grounded: learning to live with anxiety.

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