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A global health catastrophe narrowly averted. A world unprepared for the next great threat.In December 2013, a young boy in a tiny West African village contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The virus spread to his relatives, then to neighboring communities, then across international borders. The world's first urban Ebola outbreak quickly overwhelmed the global health system and threatened to kill millions.In an increasingly interconnected world in which everyone is one or two flights away from New York or London or Beijing, even a localized epidemic can become a pandemic. Ebola's spread through West Africa to Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States sounded global alarms that the next killer outbreak is right around the corner -- and that the world is woefully unprepared to combat a new deadly disease.
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REID WILSON, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is an international expert in the treatment of anxiety disorders, with books translated into nine languages. He is author of STOPPING THE NOISE IN YOUR HEAD: THE NEW WAY TO OVERCOME ANXIETY AND WORRY, the classic self-help book DON'T PANIC: TAKING CONTROL OF ANXIETY ATTACKS, as well as FACING PANIC: SELF-HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH PANIC ATTACKS. He is co-author of ANXIOUS KIDS, ANXIOUS PARENTS: 7 WAYS TO STOP THE WORRY CYCLE AND RAISE COURAGEOUS & INDEPENDENT CHILDREN and its companion book for kids - PLAYING WITH ANXIETY: CASEY'S GUIDE FOR TEENS AND KIDS. He is also co-author, with Dr. Edna Foa, of STOP OBSESSING! HOW TO OVERCOME YOUR OBSESSIONS AND COMPULSIONS and is co-author of ACHIEVING COMFORTABLE FLIGHT, a self-help package for the fearful flier. He designed and served as lead psychologist for American Airlines' first national program for the fearful flier. Dr. Wilson served on the Board of Directors of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America for 12 years. His free self-help website - www.anxieties.com - serves 500,000 visitors (20 million hits) per year. He serves as the Expert for WebMD's Anxiety and Panic Community. Reid is a member of the 2003 Vanguard (first) Class of Certified Graduates of Dr. Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness Coaching Program. He's been teaching about positive psychology principles since then. Television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Katie Show, Good Morning America, CNN, CNN-Financial Network, A&E's Hoarders, MTV's True Life, and various local news shows across the nation. He is a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) . In 2014 he was honored with the highest award given by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
