The Anxiety Disease : New Hope for the Millions Who Suffer from Anxiety
Author: David Sheehan
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ISBN: 0553272454
Publisher: Bantam (01 May, 1986)
Sales Rank: 56,675
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
The beginning of the end of fear
This book was the first step in changing my life and ending anxiety's control over it. This book should be read by those *who feel they suffer alone; *who feel they have a personality flaw that causes their anxiety; *who discourage themselves because they mistakenly believe that their anixety can be overcome by 'pulling themselves together' like 'other people do'; *are afraid to take medicines for anxietySheehan's book breaks the taboo that 'its all in your mind', but rather demonstrates how the "anxiety disease" has a biological base and thus can be treated ... completely managed by proper medication.
Though dated (many new medicines have come to the market since Sheehan's book), this book explains to the lay person the new paradigm of modern psychopharmacology. (It should be required reading for every psychiatrist!)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent introductory book about anxiety
An excellent book about panic attacks which approaches the disease from a biological perspective. Sheehan covers the seven progressive stages of the disease, causes, treatment and recovery, using case histories as examples. The book also contains an anxiety scale to help you determine whether the level of your anxiety is excessive.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Very dated but not irrelevant.
This book was written before Prozac and its many imitators (Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Remeron, Effexor, etc.) revolutionized the treatment of anxiety and depression in the 1990s. Nevertheless, Sheehan's text is of interest on at least two counts: its analysis of the relationship between anxiety and depression; its survey of the drugs--primarily MAO inhibitors and tricyclics--that preceded the SSRIs and more recent drugs. Moreover, most studies suggest that while the widely prescribed drugs of today are "safer," they are no more effective than their predecessors. In fact, in some cases the earlier drugs may be superior. Nonetheless, most readers will probably prefer a comprehensive, up-to-date text to this one. Similar Products
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