Understanding health and sickness series

A guide to hepatitis that provides information on the various forms of the disease, and the symptoms, diagnosis, causes, and treatments.

Explains the Herpes simplex viruses and discusses how they are spread, who is at risk, how it is treated, what problems it can cause, and other related topics.

Presents information about Alzheimer's disease, explaining the basic biology of the disease, describing the course of Alzheimer's and its related behaviors and medical problems, and discussing the care of affected individuals and the search for a cure.

Patricia Ainsworth uses her experiences as both a psychiatrist and as a family member who experienced depression firsthand to discuss the different types of depression, the ways it affects family members and friends, the symptoms, the people at risk, and other related topics.

A guide to understanding sickle cell anemia, a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African ancestry.

An overview of addiction that explains what it is and discusses several aspects of the problem, including various types of addiction, who gets addicted and how, what happens to the addicted brain, how addiction affects family members, and how one can recover.

A guide for patients of panic disorder that covers its nature, its treatment and how medications work, other anxiety disorders, research developments, and other related topics.