Generalized Anxiety Disorders

Zusatztext While other pocketbooks are either sparse in their content or provide an overabundance of information, this one presents valuable information in an attractive and accessible format. Given the depth and style of this book, any reader can use it to become better informed about GAD with the hope of treating those with GAD more effectively. Informationen zum Autor Dr Michael Van Ameringen, MD, is Co-Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at McMaster University Medical Centre and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of book chapters, reviews, and journal articles, and has presented the results of his research both nationally and internationally. His research interests include the psychopharmacology of social phobia, childhood anxiety disorders, OCD spectrum disorders (including trichotillomania and skin picking), treatment resistance in anxiety disorders and several other areas of study.Dr Mark Pollack received his M.D. in 1982 from New Jersey Medical School, and completed residency and fellowship training in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been Director of the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital since 1990 and is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Klappentext This pocketbook provides a user-friendly overview of the characterization, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of GAD in addition to differential diagnoses, pathogenesis, course and clinical co-morbidity associated with this disorder. Zusammenfassung This pocketbook provides a user-friendly overview of the characterization, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of GAD in addition to differential diagnoses, pathogenesis, course and clinical co-morbidity associated with this disorder. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Introduction 2: B. Patterson, M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Diagnosis and prevalence 3: B. Patterson, M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Clinical features 4: C. Mancini, M. Van Ameringen, B. Patterson, M. Pollack: Neurobiology 5: M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Pharmacotherapy 6: B. Patterson, M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Psychotherapy 7: M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Clinical management 8: M. Van Ameringen, M. Pollack: Self-help resources ...

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• Authors: Michael van Ameringen, Mark H. Pollack, Michael/ Pollack Van Ameringen
• Assisted by: Michael van Ameringen (Editor), Mark H Pollack (Editor), Mark H. Pollack (Editor), Mark Pollack M.D (Editor), Mark (Grainger Professor and Chairman Pollack M.D (Editor), Michael Van Ameringen (Editor), Michael (Associate Professor Van Ameringen (Editor), Van Ameringen Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780199557837
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955783-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Oxford Psychiatry Library; Oxford Psychiatry Library; Oxford Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Psychiatry, Clinical & internal medicine, Clinical and internal medicine