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Summary
According to ADAA, Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S. This guidebook provides essential information on Anxiety Disorders, but also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes, and first-person narratives by people coping with Anxiety Disorders. Readers will learn from the words of patients, family members, or caregivers. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Alternative treatments are also covered. Student researchers and readers will find this book easily accessible through its careful and conscientious editing and a thorough introduction to each essay.
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Horn Book Review
[=Editor2]Each book includes three sections: "Understanding," "Controversies," and "Personal Experiences." The sections contain previously published essays about the topics, often with conflicting perspectives that are impossible to assess without medical background. "Personal Experiences" could be useful for readers wanting to know more about individual cases. Photographs, charts, and graphs are included. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Perspectives on Diseases & Disorders titles: Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia, and Learning Disabilities.] (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
