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My age of anxiety : fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind
Title:
My age of anxiety : fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind
Publication Date as Range:
2013-2014
ISBN:
9780307269874
Physical Description:
viii, 400 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The nature of anxiety -- What do we talk about when we talk about anxiety -- A rumbling in the belly -- Performance anxiety -- A sack of enzymes -- A brief history of panic, or, how drugs created a new disorder -- Medication and the meaning of anxiety -- Separation anxiety -- Warriors & worriers, the genetics of anxiety -- Redemption -- Ages of anxiety, shame, resilience, and the human condition.
Abstract:
The author recounts his lifelong battle with anxiety, showing the many manifestations of the disorder as well as the countless treatments that have been developed to counteract it, and provides a history of the efforts to understand this common form of mental illness.
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