Handbook of Anxiety and Fear, Volume 17 (Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0444530657 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
-James J. Jakubow, in PsyCritiques April 1, 2009, Release 13, Article 7. This text does a wonderful job in covering the scientific basics of the topics. there is strong coverage of basic science and the current state of knowledge in human clinical scenarios. The Handbook of Anxiety and Fear is a lengthy and thorough review of the experimental, neurobiological, pharmacological, and clinical components of anxiety and fear. The text is written at a high level of detail, and the concepts within are supported by lengthy reference sections. Professionals wishing to review the scientific bases of the anxiety disorders would do well to include this book in their personal libraries. This text is best suited to professionals and advanced graduate students who research anxiety disorders
• Integrates animal and human research on fear and anxiety• Presents emerging and developing fields of human anxiety research including imaging of anxiety disorders, the genetics of anxiety, the pharmacology of anxiolysis, recent developments in classification of anxiety disorders, linking these to animal work• Covers basic research on innate and conditioned responses to threat• Presents work from the major laboratories, on fear learning and extinction• Reviews research on an array of neurotrans