anxiety disorders

"Discusses problems and difficulties facing those with phobias, including history, symptoms, treatments, and ways to help"--Provided by publisher.

Explains what anxiety disorders are, how they are typically diagnosed, and how they are treated.

As many as 40 million Americans experience anxiety disorder a year, making it the most common mental illness in the US. This title examines the disorder.

Examines the many different forms of anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illness in North America, discussing the symptoms of the disorder, telling the stories of people who suffer with anxiety, and looking at psychiatric drugs and other therapies.

Discusses ways for people with anxiety disorder to live in and adapt to the outside world.

Examines the symptoms, causes, and effects of anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, and looks at available treatments and the outlook for the future.

In "Monkey Mind," Daniel Smith brilliantly articulates what it is like to live with anxiety, defanging the disease with humor, traveling through its demonic layers, evocatively expressing both its painful internal coherence and its absurdities.

A poetry memoir in which the author tells of the pressures that led her to suffer debilitating anxiety attacks, and the path she took to coping and recovery.

Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Marisa, who has an anxiety disorder, decides that this is the year she will get what she wants--a boyfriend and a social life--but things do not turn out exactly the way she expects them to.