The Anxiety Epidemic by Graham Davey - ISBN: 9781472140968
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Is anxiety a modern epidemic, or has it always been here?

The Anxiety Epidemic

The Causes of our Modern-Day Anxieties

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    400 pages

  • Release Date

    12 November 2018

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Summary

Highly commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2019

Are we living in an age of unprecedented anxiety, or has this always been a problem throughout history?

We only need look around us to see anxieties: in the family home, the workplace, on social media, and especially in the news. It’s true that everyone feels anxious at some time in their lives, but we’re told we’re all feeling more anxious than we’ve ever been before - and f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472140968
ISBN-10:1472140966
Author:Graham Davey
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Robinson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:12 November 2018
Weight:520g
Dimensions:234mm x 152mm x 32mm
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Critics Review

Drawing on personal and extensive academic experience as leading anxiety researcher Professor Davey addresses one of the major but neglected sources of suffering in our time. Everyone should pay attention to his engaging, informative and at times controversial discourse on anxiety. This book is a must read for all those interested in one of the most fundamental but disruptive human emotions – Adrian Wells, Ph.D, Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology, University of ManchesterGraham Davey, one of the foremost experts on anxiety in the world, alerts us that ‘if you’re alive you’ll experience anxiety’. But is it good or bad for you? Where does it come from? Is it worse now than it used to be in prior ages? And what is there to do about it? Answers to these and many other questions are forthcoming in this highly readable, entertaining book. Everyone wrestling with anxiety in their lives will benefit from the up to date information provided – Dr. David H. Barlow PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Pyschiatry Emeritus at Boston University

About The Author

Graham Davey

Graham Davey is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research interests extend across mental health problems generally, and anxiety and worry specifically. He is a former president of the British Psychological Society and is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychopathology which publishes cutting-edge research on anxiety and anxiety-related problems.

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