Rudy Nydegger

Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders (eBook, PDF)

Understanding, Coping, and Prevention

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This thorough discussion and analysis of anxiety and related disorders looks at case studies, specific diagnostic categories, and treatments.

Anxiety disorders are the most common and frequently misdiagnosed and undertreated of all mental health conditions. Dealing with Anxiety and Related Disorders: Understanding, Coping, and Prevention explains in accessible language the myths, misunderstandings, and realities of anxiety disorders, including often misdiagnosed somatoform and dissociative disorders.

Psychologist Rudy Nydegger approaches anxiety and related disorders, including panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and PTSD, with the most up-to-date and professionally sound information available. The history of and theories about anxiety disorders are thoroughly discussed, as are the most recent ideas and findings. Readers are provided with comprehensive information on each disorder-its description, clinical symptoms, dynamics, and available treatments, including alternative and experimental approaches. Ways in which patients can get help and help themselves are discussed, as are steps family members and friends can take when they know a loved one is struggling with an anxiety disorder. Detailed case studies illustrate both the disorders and the options for treatment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313384233
• Artikelnr.: 37839154

Autorenporträt

Rudy Nydegger is Chief of the Division of Psychology at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York, and a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist in practice for more than 30 years. He is former President of the New York Psychological Association, and current Chair of the Legal and Legislative Committee for the organization. He is also Full Professor of Management and Psychology at Union Graduate College and Union College, and has also been involved in teaching for more than 30 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1 What Is Anxiety? The Age of Anxiety Diagnosing
Anxiety Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Multiaxial Diagnoses
Myths about Anxiety People Who Suffer from Anxiety Disorders 2 Living with
Anxiety Disorders Case 1: Betsy Case 2: Dan Case 3: Cheri 3 The
Distribution and Effects of Anxiety Disorders: Costs, Gender, Age, and
Specific Groups Gender and Anxiety Disorders Women and Anxiety Men and
Anxiety Age and Anxiety Children and Teens and Anxiety Diagnosing and
Treating Children and Teens Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly Treatment of
Anxiety in the Elderly Race, Ethnicity, and Anxiety Disorders African
Americans and Anxiety Asian Americans and Anxiety Hispanic Americans and
Anxiety Native Americans and Alaskan Natives and Anxiety Homosexual Groups
and Anxiety Religious Groups and Anxiety 4 Theories of Anxiety Disorders
Biological Theories Psychological Theories Psychodynamic Approaches
Humanistic and Existential Approaches Behavioral Approaches Cognitive
Approaches Integrating the Different Theories Who Is Vulnerable? 5 Physical
Responses and Types of Anxiety Disorders I: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
and Panic Disorder Physical Responses to Stress and Anxiety Responses of
the Brain Responses by the Heart, Lungs, and Circulatory System Responses
by the Immune System Responses in the Mouth and Throat Skin Responses
Metabolic Responses Physical Responses When Stress or Anxiety Disappears or
When It Continues Other Sources of Anxiety-like Symptoms Types of Anxiety
Disorders I Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder 6 Types of Anxiety
Disorders II: Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Phobias Specific Phobias Social Phobia
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 7 Treatments for Anxiety Disorders Medical
Treatments for Anxiety Disorders Antidepressant Medications Antianxiety
(Anxiolytic) Medications Additional Medications and Natural Substances
Pregnancy and Medications Other Medical Forms of Treatment Psychological
Treatments of Anxiety Disorders Other Psychosocial Treatment Approaches 8
Treatment Methods for Specific Anxiety Disorders and Patient Groups Panic
Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Specific
Phobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Other
Considerations in Treating Anxiety Disorders 9 Living with Anxiety
Disorders Who Needs Treatment? Where to Seek Treatment Types of Mental
Health Professionals Is Treatment Working, and When Is It Completed? What
Patients Can Do to Help Themselves: Stress Management 10 Somatoform
Disorders Malingering and Factitious Disorders Hypochondriasis Somatization
Disorder Conversion Disorder Pain Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Other
Types of Somatoform Disorders 11 Dissociative Disorders Background and
History Dissociative Disorders in General Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Fugue Disorder Dissociative Trance
Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder Treatments for Dissociative
Disorders 12 Making Sense of It All Changing Conceptions of Anxiety and
Related Disorders Coping with Anxiety and Related Disorders Being a
Positive Voice for Good Mental Health Making a Difference Resources
References Index