The Small Guide to Anxiety

by Gary Small MD, Gigi Vorgan

Overview

ANXIETY SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR HAPPINESS

Is anxiety hurting your performance at work, at school, or affecting your relationships? In The Small Guide to Anxiety, Dr. Gary Small, a leading expert on brain health, Dr. Gary Small, shows how to gain back control:

• How to tell the difference: an anxiety disorder or normal worries?
• How to find a therapist that’s right for you.
• How to overcome generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in just weeks.
• How to stop a panic attack instantly, with a small item in your pocket or purse.
• A breakthrough therapy with a 90 percent success rate in getting rid of phobias.
• “Neuromodulation” techniques that reduce your anxiety.
• Ways improve your sleep if you suffer from anxiety.
• And much, much more.

The Small Guide to Anxiety will show you which therapies work best to help you overcome these anxieties, and lead a richer, fuller, more satisfying life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630060893
Publisher:	Humanix Books
Publication date:	02/12/2019
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,073,233
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Gary Small: Dr. Gary Small, (Los Angeles, CA) is a professor of psychiatry and director of the UCLA Longevity Center* at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. His research, supported by the NIH, has made headlines in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s leading innovators in science and technology. Dr. Small lectures internationally and frequently appears on the Today show, Good Morning America, PBS, and CNN. He has written six books, including the New York Times best seller, The Memory Bible.

Gigi Vorgan: Los Angeles, CA) has written, produced, and appeared in numerous feature films and television projects before teaming up with her husband, Dr. Gary Small, to co-write The Memory Bible, The Memory Prescription,The Longevity Bible, iBrain, The Other Side of the Couch, and The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program. She lives in Los Angeles with Dr. Small and their two children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 What Is Anxiety? 1

Chapter 2 Do-It-Yourself Strategies for Reducing Anxiety 25

Chapter 3 Conventional Treatments That Work 51

Chapter 4 Alternative Therapies 73

Chapter 5 Worried Sick: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 87

Chapter 6 Gripped by Fear: Panic Disorder 105

Chapter 7 Shy to a Fault: Social Anxiety 123

Chapter 8 Germs, Bugs, and Heights, Oh My: Phobias 139

Chapter 9 Can't Stop Those Thoughts: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 155

Epilogue 169

Bibliography 171

Index 187

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Translates the latest scientific discoveries into an entertaining, accessible, and practical roadmap to an anxiety-free life." — Alexander Bystritsky, MD, PhD, Director, UCLA Anxiety Disorders Program and Clinic