Fears, Phobias and Rituals: Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders

Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-0-19-503927-6
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 704 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1170 g

This book is unique in bringing together information on fear and anxiety disorders from many disciplines, including ethology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, and psychiatry. Definitive as a reference work, it is also fascinating to read. With over 3000 entries in the bibliography, the book is extremely thorough both in presenting the scientific basis for understanding fear behaviour and in describing anxiety disorders and their treatment. Dealing
first with normal fear and then with clinical syndromes, it describes the phenomena and the factors known to influence them. It synthesizes naturalistic and experimental work in animals and humans so that researchers and clinicians can understand each other's work. The book will be of special use to
behavioural scientists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, and of interest to many others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marks, Isaac

Marks

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

NORMAL FEAR: Fear, defense and evolution; Situations which evoke fear; Fear behaviours: The four strategies; Some fear adaptations; ETIOLOGY: Development of fear; Genetics of fear; Physiology of fear; Learning of fear; CLINICAL SYNDROMES: Phobic and obsessive-compulsive phenomena: Classification, prevalence and relationship to other problems; The agoraphobic syndrome (panic disorder with agoraphobia): Social and specific phobias; Traumatic phobias, illness phobias, and children's
phobias; Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD); TREATMENT: Psychological treatment: Principles; Psychological treatment: Clinical issues; Physical treatment of phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders.