My age of anxiety : (Record no. 36981)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number	2013006336
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780307390608
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International Standard Book Number	9780307269874
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Call number	616.8522 ST MY
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors	Stossel, Scott
TITLE STATEMENT
Title	My age of anxiety :
Subtitle	fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind
Statement of responsibility, etc	Scott Stossel
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication	New York :
Publisher	Vintage Books,
Date	c2014.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	viii, 400 p. ;
Size	25 cm.
CONTENTS
Contents	The nature of anxiety -- What do we talk about when we talk about anxiety -- A rumbling in the belly -- Performance anxiety -- A sack of enzymes -- A brief history of panic, or, how drugs created a new disorder -- Medication and the meaning of anxiety -- Separation anxiety -- Warriors & worriers, the genetics of anxiety -- Redemption -- Ages of anxiety, shame, resilience, and the human condition.
SUMMARY
Summary	A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author's struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition As recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category. Today, it is the most common form of officially classified mental illness. Scott Stossel gracefully guides us across the terrain of an affliction that is pervasive yet too often misunderstood. Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Stossel presents an astonishing history, at once intimate and authoritative, of the efforts to understand the condition from medical, cultural, philosophical, and experiential perspectives. He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen and Hippocrates, through later observations by Robert Burton and Sren Kierkegaard, to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists, such as Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud, as they began to explore its sources and causes, to the latest research by neuroscientists and geneticists. Stossel reports on famous individuals who struggled with anxiety, as well as on the afflicted generations of his own family. His portrait of anxiety reveals not only the emotion's myriad manifestations and the anguish anxiety produces but also the countless psychotherapies, medications, and other (often outlandish) treatments that have been developed to counteract it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety's human toll'its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze'while at the same time exploring how those who suffer from it find ways to manage and control it. My Age of Anxiety is learned and empathetic, humorous and inspirational, offering the reader great insight into the biological, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to the affliction
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Anxiety
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Anxiety
General	Chemotherapy
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Anxiety disorders
General	Epidemiology
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading	Tranquilizing drugs
General	Social aspects
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier	https://uowd.box.com/s/2wheojofyz93fkccd756aqcxnxf35m7e
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				University of Wollongong in Dubai	University of Wollongong in Dubai	Main Collection	2020-02-18	Kinokuniya Bookshop LLC	616.8522 ST MY	T0063707	2019-11-21	2019-11-21	REGULAR	Mar2020

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My age of anxiety : (Record no. 36981)