Anxiety / Cheryl Winning Ghinassi.

  • Ghinassi, Cheryl Winning.
Date:
[2010], ©2010
  • Books

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Description

Collectively, anxiety disorders constitute the world's most common mental health problem. 'Anxiety' begins with a historical overview of the ways in which anxiety disorders have been understood, from the prehistoric era until the present time, examining the disorders from the perspectives of conceptualization, classification, research, and treatment. Subsequent chapters examine these themes in light of our current understanding and approaches to anxiety disorders. Current diagnostic and assessment methods are discussed, as are modern treatment options. The book concludes with a survey of the future directions in research for the understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders.

Publication/Creation

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xvii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-147) and index.

Contents

Pictures of anxiety -- Anxiety through the ages: pre-history to the 1800s -- The development of modern approaches to anxiety disorders -- The what, who, and how of anxiety disorders -- The biology of anxiety disorders -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Treatment of anxiety disorders -- Future directions.

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    History of Medicine
    PUK /GHI
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780313362422
  • 0313362424