Book Description
Living with Fear is a self help book that gives practical advice to
people who are suffering from phobias panic obsessions rituals or
traumatic distress. In the new edition the author has updated the
book to include new phobias e.g. fear of Aids contamination as well
as the latest treatments. References examples and case studies will
be updated throughout the book. The case examples in the current
edition are drawn from many parts of the world.
Synopsis
This self-help guide gives practical advice to people who are
suffering from phobias, panic, obsessions, rituals or traumatic
distress. In this second edition the author has also included new
phobias such as the fear of AIDs contamination as well as the
latest treatments. The case examples in this edition are drawn from
many parts of the world. References, examples and case studies are
also provided.
From the Publisher
Consistent best seller in the UK current edition has sold over
50000 copies.
Author is internationally renown.
In a randomised controlled trial, sufferers who used Living With
Fear improved as much as sufferers guided by a psychiatrist.
1st edition translated into French German Norwegian Greek Japanese
Chinese Thai Hebrew Arabic and about to be published in Spanish and
Romanian.
Case studies and examples are taken from round the world
About the Author
Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Hospital trust
for 22 years.
Former President of the British and European Associations of
Behaviour Therapy.
Former Fellow of the Stanford Centre for Advanced Study in the
Behavioural Sciences and Salmon lecturer to NY Academy of
Medicine.
Previously worked at the New York Academy of Medicine, University
of Michigan, University of Indiana, and Hebrew University in
Jerusalem.
Former consultant to the World Health Organisation and National
Institute of Mental Health.
London is his home town