The Anxiety Cure: An Eight-Step Program for Getting Well - Softcover

Dupont, Robert L.; Spencer, Elizabeth Dupont; Dupont, Caroline M., M.D.

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Synopsis

A practical guide for the twenty-seven million Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders features a step-by-step, eight-point program for curing the six kinds of anxiety disorders and includes easy relaxation techniques. Original.

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About the Author

Robert L. DuPont, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, was the founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. His daughters, Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, M.S.W., L.C.S.W-C., a licensed social worker, and Caroline M. DuPont, M.D., a psychiatrist, specialize in treating people with anxiety disorders.

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An Eight-Step Program for Overcoming Anxiety Anxiety disorders cause untold suffering, and they affect one in four people. This book offers an eight-step practical program for fast and long-lasting relief of anxiety symptoms. The Anxiety Cure is written by a father and his two daughters, now in clinical practice together, who tell the inspiring story of how they overcame anxiety in their family. The authors share their step-by-step methods for dealing with the six main types of anxiety, including panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Grounded in the authors' own treatment of thousands of clinically anxious people, The Anxiety Cure: *Tells how to manage anxiety at home and at work *Gives action plans for friends, family, and support people *Provides easy relaxation techniques *Outlines lifesaving strategies for anxious people with alcohol or drug problems *Includes dramatic stories, as well as boxes, tools, and forms to chart your personal progress. "The Anxiety Cure is a warm, wise, and thoroughly wonderful book for people with anxiety disorders and for everyone who cares about them." --from the foreword by Jerilyn Ross, MA., L.I.C.S.W., President, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and author of Triumph Over Fear. "The Anxiety Cure will be a big hit with the public and with anxious people." --Willard Scott. "The Anxiety Cure is sure to enjoy substantial popularity and will be used widely by anxious people, their families, and therapists." --R. Reid Wilson, Ph.D., author of Don't Panic.

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9780471464877: The Anxiety Cure: An Eight-Step Program for Getting Well

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ISBN 10:  0471464872 ISBN 13:  9780471464877
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003
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