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• ISBN: 9780313384226 (hardback)
• ISBN: 0313384223 (hardback)
• ISBN: 9780313384233 (ebook)
• ISBN: 0313384231 (ebook)
• Physical Description: xiv, 230 p. ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.

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Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders : Understanding, Coping, and Prevention

by Nydegger, Rudy V.

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Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders : Understanding, Coping, and Prevention

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Preface	p. xi
	Acknowledgments	p. xv
1	What Is Anxiety?	p. 1
	The Age of Anxiety	p. 2
	Diagnosing Anxiety Disorders	p. 4
	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual	p. 5
	Multiaxial Diagnoses	p. 6
	Myths about Anxiety	p. 7
	People Who Suffer from Anxiety Disorders	p. 11
2	Living with Anxiety Disorders	p. 15
	Case 1: Betsy	p. 15
	Case 2: Dan	p. 21
	Case 3: Cheri	p. 24
3	The Distribution and Effects of Anxiety Disorders: Costs, Gender, Age, and Specific Groups	p. 29
	Gender and Anxiety Disorders	p. 30
	Women and Anxiety	p. 30
	Men and Anxiety	p. 31
	Age and Anxiety	p. 32
	Children and Teens and Anxiety	p. 32
	Diagnosing and Treating Children and Teens	p. 35
	Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly	p. 36
	Treatment of Anxiety in the Elderly	p. 39
	Race, Ethnicity, and Anxiety Disorders	p. 39
	African Americans and Anxiety	p. 40
	Asian Americans and Anxiety	p. 42
	Hispanic Americans and Anxiety	p. 44
	Native Americans and Alaskan Natives and Anxiety	p. 45
	Homosexual Groups and Anxiety	p. 46
	Religious Groups and Anxiety	p. 47
4	Theories of Anxiety Disorders	p. 49
	Biological Theories	p. 49
	Psychological Theories	p. 54
	Psychodynamic Approaches	p. 54
	Humanistic and Existential Approaches	p. 56
	Behavioral Approaches	p. 58
	Cognitive Approaches	p. 61
	Integrating the Different Theories	p. 64
	Who Is Vulnerable?	p. 65
5	Physical Responses and Types of Anxiety Disorders I: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder	p. 69
	Physical Responses to Stress and Anxiety	p. 69
	Responses of the Brain	p. 69
	Responses by the Heart, Lungs, and Circulatory System	p. 70
	Responses by the Immune System	p. 70
	Responses in the Mouth and Throat	p. 71
	Skin Responses	p. 71
	Metabolic Responses	p. 71
	Physical Responses When Stress or Anxiety Disappears or When It Continues	p. 71
	Other Sources of Anxiety-like Symptoms	p. 72
	Types of Anxiety Disorders I	p. 73
	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	p. 73
	Panic Disorder	p. 76
6	Types of Anxiety Disorders II: Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	p. 83
	Phobias	p. 83
	Specific Phobias	p. 85
	Social Phobia	p. 86
	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder	p. 89
	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	p. 99
7	Treatments for Anxiety Disorders	p. 107
	Medical Treatments for Anxiety Disorders	p. 109
	Antidepressant Medications	p. 110
	Antianxiety (Anxiolytic) Medications	p. 111
	Additional Medications and Natural Substances	p. 112
	Pregnancy and Medications	p. 115
	Other Medical Forms of Treatment	p. 116
	Psychological Treatments of Anxiety Disorders	p. 116
	Other Psychosocial Treatment Approaches	p. 119
8	Treatment Methods for Specific Anxiety Disorders and Patient Groups	p. 125
	Panic Disorder	p. 125
	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	p. 126
	Social Anxiety Disorder	p. 127
	Specific Phobia	p. 128
	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	p. 130
	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	p. 133
	Other Considerations in Treating Anxiety Disorders	p. 135
9	Living with Anxiety Disorders	p. 139
	Who Needs Treatment?	p. 139
	Where to Seek Treatment	p. 140
	Types of Mental Health Professionals	p. 140
	Is Treatment Working, and When Is It Completed?	p. 145
	What Patients Can Do to Help Themselves: Stress Management	p. 147
10	Somatoform Disorders	p. 151
	Malingering and Factitious Disorders	p. 152
	Hypochondriasis	p. 155
	Somatization Disorder	p. 158
	Conversion Disorder	p. 160
	Pain Disorder	p. 163
	Body Dysmorphic Disorder	p. 165
	Othet Types of Somatoform Disorders	p. 168
11	Dissociative Disorders	p. 169
	Background and History	p. 169
	Dissociative Disorders in General	p. 171
	Depersonalization Disorder	p. 173
	Dissociative Amnesia	p. 173
	Dissociative Fugue Disorder	p. 175
	Dissociative Trance Disorder	p. 176
	Dissociative Identity Disorder	p. 176
	Treatments for Dissociative Disorders	p. 180
12	Making Sense of It All	p. 183
	Changing Conceptions of Anxiety and Related Disorders	p. 183
	Coping with Anxiety and Related Disorders	p. 187
	Being a Positive Voice for Good Mental Health	p. 190
	Making a Difference	p. 193
	Resources	p. 195
	References	p. 199
	Index	p. 223

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