Fears, Phobias and Rituals Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders

Name: Fears, Phobias and Rituals Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders
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ISBN: 9780195039276

ISBN-10: 0195039270

ISBN-13: 9780195039276

Edition: 1987

Authors: Isaac Marks

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This book is unique in bringing together information on fear and anxiety disorders from many disciplines, including ethology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, and psychiatry. Definitive as a reference work, it is also fascinating to read. With over 3000 entries in the bibliography, the book is extremely thorough both in presenting the scientific basis for understanding fear behaviour and in describing anxiety disorders and their treatment. Dealing first with normal fear and then with clinical syndromes, it describes the phenomena and the factors known to influence them. It synthesizes naturalistic and experimental work in animals and humans so that researchers…

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 704
Size: 8.90" wide x 6.18" long x 1.67" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



Normal Fear


Fear, defense and evolution


Situations which evoke fear


Fear behaviours: The four strategies


Some fear adaptations


Etiology


Development of fear


Genetics of fear


Physiology of fear


Learning of fear


Clinical Syndromes


Phobic and obsessive-compulsive phenomena


Classification, prevalence and relationship to other problems


The agoraphobic syndrome (panic disorder with agoraphobia)


Social and specific phobias


Traumatic phobias, illness phobias, and children's phobias


Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD)


Treatment


Psychological treatment: Principles


Psychological treatment: Clinical issues


Physical treatment of phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders