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Anxiety disorders, including panic syndrome, agoraphobia, and generalized anxiety, are the most common mental disorders. Fortunately, they are also among the most treatable disorders

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• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One Learning about Anxiety
• Chapter 1 The Anxious Brain
• Chapter 2 The Vocabulary of Anxiety
• Chapter 3 The Six Anxiety Disorders
• Chapter 4 Medicines and Therapy
• Part Two The Anxiety Cure: Eight Steps to Getting Well
• Chapter 5 Step 1: Become a Student of Your Anxiety
• Chapter 6 Step 2: Use Wizard Wisdom to Tame the Dragon
• Chapter 7 Step 3: Practice?-Put Yourself in Your Discomfort Zone
• Chapter 8 Step 4: Use Support People?
• Relate to Others about Your Anxiety
• Chapter 9 Step 5: Evaluate Stress and Other Biological Causes of Anxiety
• Chapter 10 Step 6: Evaluate Your Need for Medicines and Therapy
• Chapter 11 Step 7: Structure Your Life without Anxiety
• Chapter 12 Step 8: Plan for Lifelong Recovery
• Part Three Dimensions of Anxiety
• Chapter 13 Anxiety and Terrorism
• Chapter 14 Anxiety and Depression
• Chapter 15 Anxiety and Insomnia
• Chapter 16 Anxiety and Addiction
• Part Four Anxiety over the Life Span
• Chapter 17 Anxiety and Friends, Family, and Support People
• Chapter 18 Anxiety and Your Work Life
• Chapter 19 Anxiety and Aging
• Glossary
• Suggested Additional Reading
• Resources
• Index

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Robert L. DuPont, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, was the founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. His daughters, Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, M.S.W., L.C.S.W-C., a licensed social worker, and Caroline M. DuPont, M.D., a psychiatrist, specialize in treating people with anxiety disorders.