This book discusses five anxiety disorders in relation to everyday experiences that can trigger panic attacks. Each is seen as a distinct problem and can be recognized by a set of more or less predictable characteristics. AGORAPHOBIA is perhaps the most common and most debilitating of the anxiety disorders. It is characterized by fear of going out in public and becoming housebound as a result, but this does not always happen. PANIC DISORDER without agoraphobia is very similar, but fearful thoughts are usually limited to perceptions that some sort of physical collapse may be imminent. SOCIAL...
This book discusses five anxiety disorders in relation to everyday experiences that can trigger panic attacks. Each is seen as a distinct problem and ...