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Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia.

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The Anxiety Disease. by David V.Sheehan, MD

This book was what my psychiatrist told me to get and read when I was first diagnosed with panic disorder. This book is amazing! It was so relieving to be able to relate to the life experiences detailed in the book. It was educational insofar as describing the physical and emotional and mental aspects of panic attacks and panic disorder. This book is a must have for anyone with panic disorder or for anyone who loves someone with panic disorder.

Any who've struggled with panic attacks and fears will find this packed with self-help exercises and guidelines to overcoming anxiety and stress, from understanding how to assert oneself to creating a positive recovery strategy. This focuses on handling feelings, including plenty of tips on handling life problems.

This book does an excellent job at both explaining anxiety as well as giving techniques in how to overcome the symptoms. I recommmend this book to anyone with anxiety problems.

Having noticed that colleagues in distant settings were developing similar new approaches to group therapy, researchers and practitioners from the US and Canada here outline their techniques and insights in a way that can serve as a flexible protocol to help others conduct cognitive-behavioral group therapy sessions. Some target specific problems and others specific populations or settings.
News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

If you are struggling with anxiety and or panic attacks then you need to read this book. Unlike books written by Doctors about their patients, this author gives you a personal account with her struggles with panic and anxiety and how she was able with God's help to overcome them.

Having lived with easily-aroused anxiety for most of my life, I have sought out a variety of supposedly self-help books on this subject. Wilson's book is BY FAR the best I have encountered. There is a balanced content that includes complete current information about the physiology of anxiety and panic attacks, followed by the psychology that often accompanies such attacks, and then step-by-step exercises you can do to help alleviate your symptoms.

I have read and or purchased over 10 Anxiety books and this one was definiately a book worth reading. I hate the fill in the blank what did I do today to make me better garbage? I want general advice or a cognitive plan that works. I've suffered with my illness for more than 6 months, been on many different meds. (Still taking them) and tried many things. To me this book is better than any therapy I've had so far.

I've read many, many books on treating panic disorder, but this is the ONLY book that helped me overcome my panic disorder. I only wish I had read it years ago. Panic pretty much ... my life down a black hole -- I was so agoraphobic that for two years I rarely left my bedroom, even to go down the hall to the kitchen. A cognitive-behavioral therapist gave me a copy of this book and took me step by step thru it.

As a sufferer of chronic panic attacks for years this book was a godsend. I utilized it as part of a therapy effort to overcome panic attacks (which I did, and have been free of them for the last 5 years.) The book is clear, identifies exactly what people suffering from anxiety go through physically and psychologically, and helps begin the process of becoming free from panic attacks.

I have been a panic attack/IBS sufferer all my life but moreso in the past 8 months. This book changed my life and outlook regarding my well-being. And it's wonderfully written from someone who experienced Anxiety. Whenever I feel myself getting anxious, I just flip to the pages that I have all marked as significant in banishing my anticipatory thoughts and am instantly brought back down to Earth.

Dr. Granoff`s book HELP! I THINK I`M DYING! is great. I`ve readmany other books on the subject that were filled with fluff, fat andpsycho babble. Dr. Granoff has a knack for delivering knowledge in a clear and efficient manner. His writing style is easy to read. The total package helped clean up many misconceptions I had about my illness. I liked that he added supplements to his original book to update his information. His information guided me to getting more effective treatment from my doctor.

Pauline's book is extremely helpful. She tells her story in a warm and compassionate manner. You realize there are other people going through the same things. I have MANY books on anxiety--hers is a favourite.

This is a lovely and inspiring book--it's not like any other book I've ever read on this subject. Mani Feniger is a therapist, but this is not a clinical take on phobias. She has also struggled with anxiety and fears, and she writes with a personal, caring voice. Her own story, and the stories shared by others, make you feel that it is really possible to get free and move on with your life.

This book provides a wealth of information for parents who want to help their children learn to overcome anxiety. It explains what anxiety is (and is not), how it affects each member of the family, how to cope, how to communicate effectively with your child, and how to stop undesirable behavior.

For anyone suffering from the debilitating problems of panic disorder this book is a must read. It is important to find the beautiful person that exists at the center of what appears to be a dysfunctional life. The emotional fabric of our body, that dictates our existence, has many rips that can easily become a rent in the garment. Returning to a functional "normal" life is possible if one listens to this author and actually knows her sincerity.

The authors are knowledgeable psychoanalysts. Their well-written book should be helpful to psychodynamic psychotherapists, and perhaps to patients with panic as well. It represents an important advance for the field.

Unique among books in this field, "Maser Your Panic and Take Back Your Life!" features both cognitive- behavioral steps for change and a thorough discussion of the key emotional issues underlying panic. Dr. Beckfield's provides step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and numerous case examples.

Overcoming Panic has been developed as a self-help guide for overcoming and preventing panic attacks and associated agoraphobia. Based on the clinically proven techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy, this step-by-step management program will be indispensable for those affected.

This book made it very comforting to know that panic disorder is not uncommon. All the experiences the women felt in the book, I too felt and was able to relate to. This definately helps you self heel yourself from this disease. Highly recommened for women suffering from panic disorder or anxiety attacks.

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness will help to address both very crippling, entrenched problems as well as the more mild feelings of social shyness experienced by everyone at one time or another. The guide will also be useful for those who wish to improve their networking and business interaction skills.

Having personal experience with an anxiety disorder, I found Linda's book to have practical, reassuring information that I have been searching for for a long time. No one can really understand an anxiety disorder unless they have first-hand knowledge of it. The author speaks from her heart. Many of the mental-health professionals I have spoken to do not have this level of insight.

This book brings new hope to people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, and other anxiety-related conditions.

Bonnie Crandall suffered with panic disorder and agoraphobia for 20 years. She outlines her plan for overcoming panic attacks and anxiety. Her book is based on the Word of God and is a powerful tool for those of us who are looking for God's way to deal with this debilitating disorder.

This book is an EXCELLENT place to start. What a relief to know that I'm not crazy, and there may, in fact, be a perfectly legitimate explanation for why I'm predisposed to this. This book won't fix your problems. But, it will give you a starting point on your road to remission, and maybe even complete recovery.

A popular review of the causes, signs, and treatment of panic disorder. Written by a psychiatrist who has a medical and biological slant.

A thorough reference examining the medications available for treating mood, anxiety, and cognitive disorders; their relevance to pathobiology and underlying mechanisms; their limitations; and work that remains to be done. A number of medications under development are also assessed. Some 90 contributors, many pioneers in the development of treatment modalities, provide background and rationale in understanding the underlying mechanisms of treatments for these disorders.
Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Convinced that most assessment and treatment guides to be either too broadly or too narrowly focused, Antony and Swinson (both psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, McMasters U., Ontario) offer a manual for students and colleagues on assessing and treating people with a full range of phobic disorders, including panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific phobias. The consider both psychological and biological perspectives.
Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Distinguished contributors review the epidemiology, biological basis, and current treatments of the disorder.

Smyth's anxiety disorder training program represents a crowning contribution to trauma therapy in particular and anxiety disorders treatment in general.

I can vouch for Dr. Zuercher-White's ability as a cognitive-behavioral therapist. However, it's up to you to do the in vivo exposures that, over time, will free you from avoidance. This isn't her book for patients; this is for the therapists, although perhaps some people like to see things from the other side.

This guide for trainees and clinicians describes cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia). The first part of the book covers theoretical foundations, empirical findings, and pharmacotherapies as a guide to selecting the most appropriate treatment. Clinical outcomes, such as treatment dropout, response, and relapse also are discussed. The second part describes clinical protocols and procedures for cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment.

For parents and concerned friends and relatives of anxious children, Dr. Dacey and Dr. Fiore have co- authored the definitive guide for dealing with anxious children. As a parent, and now a grandparent, I highly recommend this informative, reassuring and inspiring book.