Full Description
Anxiety disorders are extremely common and affect one in twelve adults at some point in their life. In recent years rapid developments in basic science and pharmacology have greatly increased our understanding of the causes of generalized anxiety disorders, panic disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "Anxiety Disorders" is a comprehensive clinical reference work with a strong emphasis on drug treatment. This book considers major advances and present coherent accounts of diagnosis and management from the clinical point of view. Each chapter is presented in the form of surveys and digests of recent literature, interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points. "Anxiety Disorders" is divided into three major sections. The first section describes symptoms and syndromes; the second describes mechanisms and the final part is concerned with the various treatments of anxiety disorders.
Contents
Part 1DisordersPart 2: Symptoms and Syndromes2 Relationships Among Anxiety Disorders: Patterns and Implications3 Panic Disorder: Symptoms and Syndromes4 Genralized Anxiety Disorder 5 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder6 Obsessive-compulsive Disorder7 Social Anxiety Disorder 8 Sleep Aspects inAnxiety Disorder9 Childhood Antecedents of Adult Anxiety Disorders10 Anxiety and SchizophreniaPart 3: Mechanisms11 Neurochemical Aspects of Anxiety12 Brain Imaging and Anxiety Disorders13 Genetics Dissection of Anxiety and Related Disorders14 Respiration and Anxiety15 Pharmacological Challenge Agents in Anxiety16 Panic Disorders and Medical IllnessPart 4: Treatments17 Benzodiazepines18 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors innthe Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders 19 Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders with Tricyclic Antidepressants 20 Buspirone in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders21 Antihistamines in the Treatment of Psychic and Somatic Anxiety States22 Anxiety Disorders: New Antidepressants23 Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Anxiety Disorders24 Exposure Therapy and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders25 Anxiety Disorders: Alternative Drug Treatments 26 Physical Treatments 27 Herbal Therapy and AnxietyPart 5: Conclusion28 Anxiety Disorders: Current Needs and Future Prospects Index
