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Overcoming worry and generalised anxiety disorder : a self-help guide to using cognitive behavioural techniques / Kevin Meares and Mark Freeston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Robinson, 2015Edition: Revised and updated edition, new editionDescription: xix, 444 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781472107428
  • 147210742X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85220651 MEA 23
LOC classification:
  • RC489.C63
Contents:
Introduction / Professor Peter J. Cooper -- The experience of worry -- Using this book -- Everyday and problem worry - introducing Generalised Anxiety Disorder -- What is CBT? -- Becoming more aware of your worry -- Marking out the route to feeling better - setting goals -- Learning about rules -- Learning to tolerate uncertainty -- Certainty and uncertainty - the broader picture -- Unhelpful strategies in reducing uncertainty -- Behavioural experiments - dealing with uncertainty -- The cradle of worry -- Changing your worry rules -- Doing something instead of worrying -- Getting better at approaching problems -- Problem-solving skills -- Understanding Hypothetical Event Worry -- Tying up some loose ends - but not them all.
Summary: Up to 44 in every 1000 adults suffer from a condition known as generalised anxiety disorder. This is much more than the normal worrying we all do - it can be a debilitating disorder leading to significant personal and social problems and sometimes financial loss. Using established and proven CBT techniques, expert clinicians Kevin Meares and Mark Freeston help readers to understand that it is their propensity to worry, not the multitude of problems they worry about, that is the root of the problem.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Positive Living 616.85220651 MEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 217041

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-435) and index.

Introduction / Professor Peter J. Cooper -- The experience of worry -- Using this book -- Everyday and problem worry - introducing Generalised Anxiety Disorder -- What is CBT? -- Becoming more aware of your worry -- Marking out the route to feeling better - setting goals -- Learning about rules -- Learning to tolerate uncertainty -- Certainty and uncertainty - the broader picture -- Unhelpful strategies in reducing uncertainty -- Behavioural experiments - dealing with uncertainty -- The cradle of worry -- Changing your worry rules -- Doing something instead of worrying -- Getting better at approaching problems -- Problem-solving skills -- Understanding Hypothetical Event Worry -- Tying up some loose ends - but not them all.

Up to 44 in every 1000 adults suffer from a condition known as generalised anxiety disorder. This is much more than the normal worrying we all do - it can be a debilitating disorder leading to significant personal and social problems and sometimes financial loss. Using established and proven CBT techniques, expert clinicians Kevin Meares and Mark Freeston help readers to understand that it is their propensity to worry, not the multitude of problems they worry about, that is the root of the problem.

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