Phobias / Heather Buchanan and Neil Coulson.

  • Buchanan, Heather, Dr.
Date:
2012
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Anxiety can come in many forms and guises, and this invaluable introduction focuses on specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia to give students a thorough overview of how these disorders are diagnosed and treated. The authors explore the impact of these disorders and why they occur, looking at cognitive, social, and biological explanations"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2012.

Physical description

xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Contents

Phobia : an introduction -- Specific phobia: Diagnosis and classification -- Development of specific phobia: explanations and perspectives -- Specific phobia: treatment -- Social phobia -- Agoraphobia.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-161) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PUO /BUC
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780230295360
  • 0230295363