Research Catalog

Title

Worry : controlling it and using it wisely / Edward M. Hallowell.

Author

Hallowell, Edward M.

Publication

New York : Pantheon Books, c1997.

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Description

xvi, 331 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

If you constantly imagine the worst, or are a perfectionist who fears even minor failures, you may have a bad case of "toxic worry". Chronic worrying can impair judgment, and cause fatigue or other health problems. Dr. Edward Hallowell, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School, offers a simple program for identifying your fears and taming runaway worry once and for all.

Subject

• Anxiety
• Anxiety
• Fear
• Worry

Genre/Form

Popular Work

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-311) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. When Life Feels More Threatening Than It Should -- Ch. 2. "Worry Is Good" -- Ch. 3. The Basic Equation of Worry: Increased Vulnerability + Decreased Power = Increased Worry -- Ch. 4. Brain Burn: The Biological Basis of Worry -- Ch. 5. The Infinite Web of "What-If?" -- Ch. 6. How Much of a Worrier Are You?: A Self-Assessment Quiz -- Ch. 7. When Pain Can't Be Forgotten: Worry, Old Bones, and Broken Trust -- Ch. 8. The Worried Child -- Ch. 9. Worry in Pairs: Wife and Husband, Parent and Child -- Ch. 10. Worry at Work: It Can Make You or Break You -- Ch. 11. Worry and Depression -- Ch. 12. Intruder in the Dust: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Ch. 13. Worry Run Amok: Panic and Social Phobia -- Ch. 14. Living in Fear: Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- Ch. 15. Is There a Hidden Pleasure in Worry? Worry as a Means of Staying Alert -- Ch. 16. Worry at Its Most Strange: Paranoia -- Ch. 17. The Ominous Core of Life -- Ch. 18. The Example of Samuel Johnson -- Ch. 19. The Basic Steps of Worry Control -- Ch. 20. EPR: Evaluate, Plan, Remediate -- Ch. 21. Speak Well to Yourself: Learning to Think Constructively -- Ch. 22. Changing Your Physical State to Change Your Mental State -- Ch. 23. Reassurance and Connectedness -- Ch. 24. Of Golf, God, and Letting Go -- Ch. 25. Medication: What to Use, When to Use It, and When Not to Use It at All -- Ch. 26. Fifty Tips on the Management of Worry Without Using Medication -- Appendix: Where to Go for Help.

ISBN

0679442375

LCCN

^^^97008609^

OCLC

36695294

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library