Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely

Hallowell, Edward M.

ISBN 10: 0679460586 ISBN 13: 9780679460589

Publisher: Random House, 1997

Synopsis

The co-author of Driven to Distraction explores the many forms of anxiety, their underlying causes, the impact of both destructive and productive worry, and techniques designed to help readers change patterns of thought and behavior. Read by Edward Hallowell. Simultaneous.

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About the Author

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., is a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the founder and director of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Concord, Massachusetts.  He lives in the Boston area.

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Read by the Author

Here is the first AudioBook to explore every facet of the most common and debilitating emotional state: worry. While a healthy level of worry can help us perform efficiently at work, anticipate dangers, and learn from past errors, in its extreme forms worry can become "toxic"--poisoning our pleasures, sabotaging our achievements, and preventing us from resolving actual problems.

In this lucid, reassuring book, Dr. Hallowell discusses all types of worry, explores their underlying causes, and considers the best strategies for coping. Case histories and anecdotes illuminate such issues as worry in relationships; the correlation between worry and conditions like , depression, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder; worry at work; and the worried child. In an effective section titled "Remedies That Work," Dr. Hallowell shows us how to evaluate, control, and manage worry, both with and wi

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679460586
• ISBN 13: 9780679460589
• Binding: Audio Cassette