Arash Javanbakht Md

Afraid (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Fear is one of the oldest survival tools in the human brain---in today's world, it's everywhere and shapes how we live, think, and connect.
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Arash Javanbakht explores the world of fear from its primal origins to its modern manifestations in anxiety, trauma, politics, and media. Drawing from two decades of cutting-edge research and clinical work with refugees, first responders, and survivors of human cruelty, Afraid unpacks how fear rewires our brains and hijacks our thoughts and then explains how we unlearn fear, master anxiety, and even turn fear into a powerful ally. Afraid provides a roadmap to living with more clarity, less reactivity, and greater courage---in a world that profits from keeping us scared.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538170397
• Artikelnr.: 67973099

Autorenporträt

Arash Javanbakht, MD, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who currently serves as the Director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC) at Wayne State University, School of Medicine. Dr. Javanbakht is a frequent invited speaker at national and international conferences and universities. Multiple media outlets and scientific organizations have featured Dr. Javanbakht's work, including: CNN, NPR, Smithsonian, Aljazeera, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Science, American Psychiatric Association, Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is the academic advisor on the PBS documentary "Mysteries of Mental Illness." He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Origin of Fear: Evolved to be Scared
Chapter 2: Wired to be Wired: Fear in the Brain
Chapter 3: Why Is My Heart Pounding? Fear in the Body
Chapter 4: How We Learn Fear, and How We Unlearn It
Chapter 5: Haunt My Nerves: Why We Love to be Scared
Chapter 6: Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear
Chapter 7: I'm Afraid, So I'm Angry: Fear and Aggression
Chapter 8: Diseases of Fear and Anxiety
Chapter 9: Haunting Memories: Trauma and PTSD
Chapter 10: Taming the Beast: How Clinicians Treat
Fear and Anxiety
Chapter 11: Riding the Beast: How to Use Fear to
Our Advantage
Chapter 12: Fear and Meaning: Defining It before It
Defines Us
Chapter 13: Fear and Creativity: Monsters that We
Forge, and Monsters that Forge Us
Chapter 14: Fear that Rules Us: Politics of Fear
Chapter 15: The Business of Fear
Bibliography
Index
About the Author