Anxiety - Hardcover

Goodwin, Donald W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195036654 ISBN 13: 9780195036657

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1985

Augmenting the theories of philosophers, social scientists, and psychologists with recent scientific discoveries, the author of "Phobia: The Facts" offers a clear and authoritative account of the various types of anxiety disorders, their causes, and available treatments

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Handly, Robert with Pauline Neff. Anxiety and Panic Attacks: their cause and cure; the five-point life-plus program for conquering fear. Rawson Assocs: Scribner. 1985. 241p. bibliog. index. LC 84-61931. ISBN 0-89256-276-5. $16.95. psych Goodwin (Psychiatry, University of Kansas) also wrote Phobia: the facts (1983). He holds strong convictions and clearly expresses them in an entertainingly sardonic style, and shows a marked bias toward present-centered therapy. His explanations of recent diagnostic criteria may provide what the diffident reader needs: categorical advice on assessing symptoms. His book offers a prescriptive evaluation of recent research on anxiety disorders, including the major phobias, with excellent bibliographic notes. For general collections. Handly (together with writer Neff) has written a self-help book that emphasizes non-hypnotic progressive relaxation and other mood-induction procedures. It is particularly good in its discussion of the alpha state as an aid for anxiety control and stress resistance. Handly (who heads a human relations consulting firm) utilizes his own experiences as a former agoraphobic to personalize the step-by-step exposure procedure. Colloquial advice on how to ``overcome panic'' is well organized, based on actual experience, and should provide further incentive for task-motivated readers seeking a structured program. William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore.
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