Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: A Medical and Personal History: Where Things Stand Today 2018

"In 1968, twenty-five-year-old Douglas Pollock McCloud began experiencing acute feelings of fear and nausea and a pounding heart. He felt as if he were about to lose his mind or die.McCloud was suffering from untreated panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA)--a disorder so poorly understood in the United States that no formal diagnostic criteria or treatment existed yet. What little he was able to learn came from European and Australian sources. Only in 1980 would the DSM-3 list his symptoms as a diagnosable condition.The next fifty years would see great strides made in identifying and treating PDA. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia offers a fascinating examination of the medical history behind PDA diagnoses, supported by elements of McCloud's own search for answers about his condition.

About the author

Douglas Pollock McCloud earned his AB from Harvard University in 1966and his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968.He is a financial consultant who lives in Belleair Beach, Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Pollock McCloud
• Publisher: Neil Investments Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781981279128
• ISBN: 978-1-981279-12-8
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography / Autobiography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical