Perspectives On Diseases & Disorders

Anxiety Disorders
Author Sarah Hina
Published by Greenhaven Press

Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder; presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease. The accessible text is enhanced by color photos, charts, graphs and tables as well as a glossary, chronology, and bibliography.

This volume offers a greater understanding of the symptoms and treatment of anxiety disorders, including their connection with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Chapters offer perspectives on if and why diseases like social anxiety and post-traumatic stress are being over-, under-, or mis-diagnosed. Personal accounts are presented by people living with agoraphobia, OCD and panic disorder.

Review:

"In general, these books are excellent sources for high school readers to enhance their critical thinking skills. They could easily be used as jumping off points for research projects and debate topics."
--American Reference Books Annual, 2012

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