In this memoir of enormous bravery, a member of one of New York's premier literary families delivers a droll, inquisitive, and poignant examination of his life with agoraphobia.
"A wonderful mixture of insecurity and insanity. Every line of Laurie Foos' new novel is suffused with intelligence, wit and daring. Exhilarating!"-Fay Weldon A fabulist for the twenty-first century, Laurie Foos is back with a whip-smart, refreshingly contemporary take on the nature of beauty, the importance of appearance and the all-too-human ...
Shirley Swede is a former agoraphobe. She suffered from one of the most common disorders, the fear of being in crowds, or outdoors in exposed spaces. In THE PANIC ATTACK RECOVERY BOOK, she and her doctor, Seymour Jaffe, cover the basics of panic attacks and recovery in a straightforward manner, offering a seven-step plan for dealing with this ...
Reginald Hill is one of our leading crime writers -- 'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph When policemen remove their hats, they do not bring good news. The bare-headed policeman on Trudi Adamson's doorstep brought the worst news possible -- her husband Trent has been burned to death in a freak ...
In "Repressed Spaces", Paul Carter tours the cultural history of agoraphobia, the fear of open space. Its symptoms were first described in "The Anatomy of Melancholy" (1621) by Robert Burton, the British scholar and writer, although it wasn't until 1871 that Carl Otto Westphal coined the term to describe several of his patients who experienced ...
Meg Logan has not been farther than two miles from home in six years. She has agoraphobia, a debilitating anxiety disorder that entraps its sufferers in the fear of leaving safe havens such as home. Paradoxically, while at this safe haven, agoraphobics spend much of their time ruminating over past panic experiences and imagining similar ...
Psychologist Elke Zuercher-White describes the use of a state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral approach to treating panic disorder and agoraphobia. Including detailed coverage of the research, she describes a twelve-session treatment program that covers breath control training as a coping skill, changing automatic thoughts and underlying beliefs, ...
For the two to four million Americans who suffer from agoraphobia, this is a compassionate and practical handbook from the most effective treatment program in the country.
Shirley Swede is a former agoraphobe. She suffered from one of the most common disorders, the fear of being in crowds, or outdoors in exposed spaces. In THE PANIC ATTACK RECOVERY BOOK, she and her doctor, Seymour Jaffe, cover the basics of panic attacks and recovery in a straightforward manner, offering a seven-step plan for dealing with this ...
This book is a practitioner's guide to psychological treatment of anxiety disorders with the emphasis on panic disorder, particularly among agoraphobics. The authors describe the methods of assessment and treatment that are most effective, based on research in this area, giving guidelines as to which problems to focus on and which treatments to ...
This is an overview of recent developments in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders. As an audience the book is aimed at interested professionals, such as psychologists and psychiatrists, general practitioners and social workers, and trainees in these fields. The overwhelming amount of literature on the subject makes it impossible to ...
Despite estimates that there are 10 million people in the UK suffering from phobias, there is a substantial and conspicuous gap in existing academic literature and research on this topic. This book addresses this gap in relation to geography literature, but also extends beyond this field to connect with a wide range of academics, health ...
Recovered agoraphobic Melvin D. Green offers a practical, step-by-step guide to recovery from agoraphobia, and the worry, depression and anger that accompany this affliction which over 20 million Americans suffer.
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