Getting Old Without Getting Anxious

By Rabins, Peter V.

Publishers Summary:
The first book to help the millions of older Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders find relief and healing. - Learn how late-life anxiety differs from anxiety in younger people - Identify the disorder a loved one may have and its causes - Treat the affliction with the best remedy or combination of options available Informative and full of hope, Getting Old Without Getting Anxious assists older people and their caregivers in overcoming one of the more crippling and misunderstood hu-man afflictions: anxiety. Geriatric psychiatrist and bestselling author of The 36-Hour Day, Dr. Peter Rabins explains that the many changes that occur as a person ages can trigger severe and life-altering anxiety, often destroying lives. Anxiety is often dismissed as simply a by-product of old age. Yet Dr. Rabins shows that experiencing life as an older person does not mean living in fear, and he provides the tools to help people break free from the debilitating grasp of their disorders. Stories from patients encourage and motivate both those suffering from mental illness and their caregivers.

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ISBN
978-1-58333-210-8
Publisher
Avery


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Reviewed on March 15, 2005

These two titles address social anxiety disorder, a mental illness experienced by 5.3 million Americans. Hollander (psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Ctr.; coeditor, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Anxiety Disorders ) and Bakalar (coauthor, Understanding Teenage Depression ) explain the nature of the disorder and how it differs from simple shyness and phobia, as well as the range of current treatment options. Drawing on scientific journals, they also nicely summarize in lay terms the latest research on the origins of social anxiety, its common co-morbidity with other disorders, self-tests for o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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