My age of anxiety
Subtitle: fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind
By: Scott Stossel
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780307269874
Subjects: Epidemiology; Mental health; Anxiety; Social aspects; Chemotherapy; Anxiety disorders; Tranquilizing drugs
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-383) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of anxiety; title: What do we talk about when we talk about anxiety?; title: A rumbling in the belly; title: Performance anxiety; title: A sack of enzymes; title: A brief history of panic, or, how drugs created a new disorder; title: Medication and the meaning of anxiety; title: Separation anxiety; title: Worriers and warriors : the genetics of anxiety; title: Ages of anxiety; title: Redemption; title: Resilience.