Facts on File library of health and living

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that define and explain over one thousand terms and topics relating to various aspects of mental health.

Presents a comprehensive manual of sports medicine and contains over one hundred fifty entries on such topics as aerobic training, injuries, fatigue and heat exhaustion, and physical therapy.

Contains over three hundred entries dealing with common addictions, and provides information on recognizing and treating such problems as alcoholism and drug dependency, gambling, eating disorders, excessive spending, and much more.

An alphabetized encyclopedia for general readers and researchers that includes more than two thousand entries on anxiety disorders, panic attacks, specific phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Contains approximately two thousand alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about major disciplines in the study of mental health, common topics of research by professionals in the field, and areas of public interest and concern, and includes a comprehensive index.

Contains over 450 alphabetized entries on aspects of obesity and eating disorders, including causes, symptoms, treatments, and impacts on society and specific populations, and includes reference tools such as a chronology, a glossary of food and beverage fat replacers in use and development, and directories of treatment centers, Web sites, and audiovisual materials.