Anxiety Disorders - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0632059389 ISBN 13 : 9780632059386

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Anxiety disorders are extremely common and affect one in twelve adults at some point in their life. In recent years rapid developments in basic science and pharmacology have greatly increased our understanding of the causes of generalized anxiety disorders, panic disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "Anxiety Disorders" is a comprehensive clinical reference work with a strong emphasis on drug treatment. This book considers major advances and present coherent accounts of diagnosis and management from the clinical point of view. Each chapter is presented in the form of surveys and digests of recent literature, interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points. "Anxiety Disorders" is divided into three major sections. The first section describes symptoms and syndromes; the second describes mechanisms and the final part is concerned with the various treatments of anxiety disorders.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Anxiety disorders are extremely common and affect one in twelve adults at some point in their life. In recent years rapid developments in basic science and pharmacology have greatly increased our understanding of the causes of generalized anxiety disorders, panic disorders, phobias, post–traumatic stress disorders and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Anxiety Disorders is a comprehensive clinical refernce work with a strong empahsis on drug treatment. This book considers major advances and present coherent accounts of diagnosis and management from the clinical point of view. Each chapter is presented in the form of surveys and digests of recent literature, interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points. Anxiety Disorders is divided into three major sections. The fiorst section describes symptoms and syndromes; the second describes mechanisms and the final part is concerned with the various treatments of anxiety disorders.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rapid developments in recent years in basic science and pharmacology has greatly increased understanding of the causes of anxiety disorders. This has led to a large number of new drug treatments from the pharmaceutical industry. This book makes sense of these advances and presents a coherent account of diagnosis and management from the clinical point of view. Chapters are in the form of surveys and digests of the recent literature and are interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points and are well illustrated.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0632059389
• ISBN 13: 9780632059386
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Éditeur: Nutt David J., Ballenger James C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible