Fast Facts: Anxiety Panic and Phobias

The features include: each title is a compact, authoritative guide to a specific medical disease or disorder; practical, dependable information from experts of international standing; the very latest evidence-based medicine to help improve patient care; and, concise, accessible and comprehensively illustrated - key clinical information is readily found. Imagine if every time you wanted to know something you knew where to look..."Fast Facts". Over 25 per cent of the UK population suffers from some degree of anxiety disorder at some point in their lifetime. Every member of the primary healthcare team will see these disorders regularly and must be able to recognise and differentiate. This work offers expert diagnostic guidance on most frequently presenting disorders; covers all therapeutic strategies for most common disorders - psychiatric and psychopharmacological; and emphasises on post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder - both significantly on the increase.