Understanding Panic Attacks and Overcoming Fear

by Roger Baker

Overview

A new, fully revised edition of Roger Baker's highly regarded book on panic attacks and other fear-related conditions. Baker sets out in clear and concise language a psychological self-help programme for panic sufferers, answering important questions such as: What is a panic attack? What does it feel like? What causes attacks? Can they be cured? 'A full recovery is possible,' explains Baker. 'It certainly is not easy, nor quick, but it definitely is possible.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745959610
Publisher:	Lion Books
Publication date:	03/29/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	409 KB

About the Author

DR ROGER BAKER is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Dorset Healthcare Mental Health Trust, Coordinator of a Research Unit at Poole Hospital specializing in mind-body research, and visiting Professor at Bournemouth University.
DR ROGER BAKER is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Bournemouth University. He has worked in a dual role as researcher and clinical psychologist at Leeds, Aberdeen, and Bournemouth Universities and in NHS Trusts specialising in Mental Health. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Understanding Panic Attacks and Understanding Trauma.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
1. PANIC: THE LIFE CHANGING EVENT 9
PART I: THE A TO Z OF PANIC 21
2. PANIC: WHEN AND WHERE 23
3. HOW PANIC CHANGES PEOPLE 32
4. WHAT IS A PANIC ATTACK? 38
PART II: MYTHS ABOUT PANIC 53
5. WHAT A PANIC IS NOT! 55
6. DEATH AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS MYTHS 59
7. THE DESTROYED BY YOUR OWN BODY MYTHS 68
8. MENTAL MYTHS 72
PART III: ROOT CAUSES 79
9. LIFE EVENTS 81
10. COPING EMOTIONALLY WITH LIFE EVENTS 87
11. WHY DO PANIC ATTACKS HAPPEN? 93
PART IV: A PRACTICAL THERAPY PROGRAMME FOR PANIC 105
12. ATTITUDE! 107
13. THE ANATOMY OF FEAR 113
14. TAKING THE STING OUT OF FEAR 121
15. RALPH: AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL THERAPY 127
16. SETTING UP YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIMENT 138
PART V: THE PANIC SUFFERER AS NORMAL 145
17. CURES, HALF CURES, AND LIMITATIONS 147
18. LET’S FINISH OFF PANIC 152
19. THE SUBJECT MATTER CATCHES UP WITH THE AUTHOR 155
POSTSCRIPT TO THE THIRD EDITION 161
NOTES 165
HELP FOR PANIC SUFFERERS 170
INDEX 173

Editorial Reviews

All symptoms of panic attacks are described explicitly. I can't recommend highly enough of this book. Buy this if you have had any experiences of panic attacks, this really helps!! --Amazon UK Customer Review

An excellent self-help book for sufferers of panic attacks. --Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy

I would recommend this book to anyone suffering from panic attacks and anxiety. --Amazon UK Customer Review

The day someone gave me Roger Bakers book on Understanding Panic Attacks and Overcoming Fear, was the first time in years that I felt a sense of release. It reassured me I was not going crazy and that panic was a thing that can and could happen to the strongest of people. --Amazon UK Customer Review

Undoubtedly the most important book I have ever read. After 10 years of totally debilitating, often more than daily, panic attacks leading to agoraphobia, a friend handed me this book. --Amazon UK Customer Review

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