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Understanding anxiety : our invisible handicap to happiness and success / Carol King with Sean Kelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : Toplight, [2022]Description: viii, 219 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476688381
  • 1476688389
Subject(s):
Contents:
What Is Anxiety? -- Social Anxiety -- Specific Phobia -- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) -- Anxiety and Underachievement Across the Life Span -- Managing Your Anxiety -- Children, Anxiety, and Parenting Behaviors -- Conclusion: Revealing and Confronting the Hidden Handicap.
Summary: "Anxiety sufferers, as well as the health professionals and loved ones who support them, are often unaware of the extent of their struggles. Family and friends misunderstand anxious people, believing they are lazy or lack initiative. Patients seek treatment for the symptoms of anxiety again and again, never addressing the underlying reasons for their disorder. This book covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness and achievement, told through the experiences of anxiety sufferers across life stages, from childhood through retirement years. The author uses scientific literature and over forty years of clinical experience to describe the major anxiety disorders and to illuminate the scope of the condition's form and effects. For anxiety sufferers, as well as their family members and medical professionals, this book provides solutions for dealing with anxiety before it becomes too overwhelming"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.8522 K52 Available Coffee damage along bottom edges of most pages 33111011278120
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Anxiety sufferers, as well as the health professionals and loved ones who support them, are often unaware of the true extent of their struggles. Family and friends misunderstand anxious people, believing they are lazy or lack initiative. Patients seek treatment for the symptoms of anxiety again and again, never addressing the underlying reasons for their disorder.

This book covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness and achievement, told through the experiences of anxiety sufferers across life stages, from childhood through retirement years. The author uses scientific literature and 40+ years of clinical experience to describe the major anxiety disorders and to illuminate their scope. For anxiety sufferers, as well as their family members and medical professionals, this book provides solutions for dealing with anxiety before it becomes too overwhelming.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What Is Anxiety? -- Social Anxiety -- Specific Phobia -- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) -- Anxiety and Underachievement Across the Life Span -- Managing Your Anxiety -- Children, Anxiety, and Parenting Behaviors -- Conclusion: Revealing and Confronting the Hidden Handicap.

"Anxiety sufferers, as well as the health professionals and loved ones who support them, are often unaware of the extent of their struggles. Family and friends misunderstand anxious people, believing they are lazy or lack initiative. Patients seek treatment for the symptoms of anxiety again and again, never addressing the underlying reasons for their disorder. This book covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness and achievement, told through the experiences of anxiety sufferers across life stages, from childhood through retirement years. The author uses scientific literature and over forty years of clinical experience to describe the major anxiety disorders and to illuminate the scope of the condition's form and effects. For anxiety sufferers, as well as their family members and medical professionals, this book provides solutions for dealing with anxiety before it becomes too overwhelming"-- Provided by publisher.

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