Dealing With Anxiety and Related Disorders - Understanding, Coping, and Prevention

Informationen zum Autor Rudy Nydegger is Chief of the Division of Psychology at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York, and a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist in practice for more than 30 years. He is former President of the New York Psychological Association, and current Chair of the Legal and Legislative Committee for the organization. He is also Full Professor of Management and Psychology at Union Graduate College and Union College, and has also been involved in teaching for more than 30 years. Klappentext This thorough discussion and analysis of anxiety and related disorders looks at case studies, specific diagnostic categories, and treatments.Anxiety disorders are the most common and frequently misdiagnosed and undertreated of all mental health conditions. Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders: Understanding, Coping, and Prevention explains in accessible language the myths, misunderstandings, and realities of anxiety disorders, including often misdiagnosed somatoform and dissociative disorders.Psychologist Rudy Nydegger approaches anxiety and related disorders, including panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and PTSD, with the most up-to-date and professionally sound information available. The history of and theories about anxiety disorders are thoroughly discussed, as are the most recent ideas and findings. Readers are provided with comprehensive information on each disorder-its description, clinical symptoms, dynamics, and available treatments, including alternative and experimental approaches. Ways in which patients can get help and help themselves are discussed, as are steps family members and friends can take when they know a loved one is struggling with an anxiety disorder. Detailed case studies illustrate both the disorders and the options for treatment. Zusammenfassung This thorough discussion and analysis of anxiety and related disorders looks at case studies! specific diagnostic categories! and treatments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1 What Is Anxiety? The Age of Anxiety Diagnosing Anxiety Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Multiaxial Diagnoses Myths about Anxiety People Who Suffer from Anxiety Disorders 2 Living with Anxiety Disorders Case 1: Betsy Case 2: Dan Case 3: Cheri 3 The Distribution and Effects of Anxiety Disorders: Costs, Gender, Age, and Specific Groups Gender and Anxiety Disorders Women and Anxiety Men and Anxiety Age and Anxiety Children and Teens and Anxiety Diagnosing and Treating Children and Teens Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly Treatment of Anxiety in the Elderly Race, Ethnicity, and Anxiety Disorders African Americans and Anxiety Asian Americans and Anxiety Hispanic Americans and Anxiety Native Americans and Alaskan Natives and Anxiety Homosexual Groups and Anxiety Religious Groups and Anxiety 4 Theories of Anxiety Disorders Biological Theories Psychological Theories Psychodynamic Approaches Humanistic and Existential Approaches Behavioral Approaches Cognitive Approaches Integrating the Different Theories Who Is Vulnerable? 5 Physical Responses and Types of Anxiety Disorders I: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder Physical Responses to Stress and Anxiety Responses of the Brain Responses by the Heart, Lungs, and Circulatory System Responses by the Immune System Responses in the Mouth and Throat Skin Responses Metabolic Responses Physical Responses When Stress or Anxiety Disappears or When It Continues Other Sources of Anxiety-like Symptoms Types of Anxiety Disorders I Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder 6 Types of Anxiety Disorders II: Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Phobias Specific Phobias Social Phobia Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ...

Product details

• Authors: Rudy Nydegger, Rudy V. Nydegger
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780313384226
• ISBN: 978-0-313-38422-6
• No. of pages: 245
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General