The Sky Is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias, Panic and Obessive-Compulsive Disorders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393316032)

Gracie hasn't left her house in thirty years out of fear she'll be contaminated. Jerry spent hours each day picking up debris on the subway platform. Norm's bridge phobia led him into alcoholism. David bright, young, ambitious feared he'd lose his job because he so dreaded giving sales presentations.

These are some of the case studies exemplary of the approximately fourteen to twenty million people who suffer from anxiety disorders in this country that are found in this riveting and instructive book. Raeann Dumont lays bare the features of obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and panic. Utilizing cognitive therapy and self-help techniques, she helps readers recognize anxiety-producing thoughts and shows how, through reality testing and assessing anxiety situations, these compulsions can be managed.

Author: Raeann Dumont
ISBN-10: 0393316033
ISBN-13: 9780393316032
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1997
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.33w x 0.82d