Panic Disorder: A Critical Analysis
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0898622638 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Barlow, Ph.D., Director of the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, University at Albany, State University of New York"This is a very thoroughly researched and up-to-date review of virtually all that has been written about panic disorder over the past several decades. Dr. With admirable breadth and depth, Richard J. Dr. In this emerging field it is increasingly difficult to keep up with the literature, let alone integrate it. Every clinician and researcher interested in anxiety disorders will want to be familiar with this book." --David H. Dager, M.D. Panic Disorder is an excellent book that will be widely used and frequently quoted." --S. The reference section alone would make the book highly useful to scholars and worth publishing. McNally does a particularly good job of presenting a broad-based integrative view of this all too common disorder. The writing style is clear and the book is interesting to read.This
A thorough discussion of the syndromal validity and etiology of the disorder is provided, and metatheoretical issues such as the cross-cultural and philosophical aspects of the disorder are also addressed. In recent years, panic disorder has become one of the most researched syndromes in psychopathology. Filling the need for a balanced, in-depth analysis of the most current research and theory on all aspects of the syndrome, this unique volume provides a comprehensive, integrative exploration of panic disorder.Maintaining throughout that panic disorder is a psychobiological syndrome characterized by dysfunction at the cognitive as well as the physiological level, the book begins with a discussion of the phenomenology of the disorder that covers:* Origins of the panic disorder concept* The evolution of panic
Knowledge is power I have to admit that I haven't even finished the book yet, but I fell compelled to write anyway. I am on page Knowledge is power A Customer I have to admit that I haven't even finished the book yet, but I fell compelled to write anyway. I am on page 43 of 159 (not counting glossary, appendix and index) but I have already had an epiphany, of sorts. Part, and maybe most, of what is so distressing about panic disorder is not understanding it. We know it's happening, but we don't know why or how. We feel alone, isolated, hopeless, even crazy, and very, very afraid. Everyone has heard the saying "we fear that which we do not understand". In the case of panic disorder this, I'm sure, is half the problem. This . 3 of 159 (not counting glossary, appendix and index) but I have already had an epiphany, of sorts. Part, and maybe most, of what is so distressing about panic disorder is not understanding it. We know it's happening, but we don't know why or how. We feel alone, isolated, hopeless, even crazy, and very, very afraid. Everyone has heard the saying "we fear that which we do not understand". In the case of panic disorder this, I'm sure, is half the problem. This