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Anxiety : A Short History

Paperback • 2014 • English

Anxiety : A Short History

By Allan V. Horwitz

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About the book

More people today report feeling anxious than ever before-even while living in relatively safe and prosperous modern societies. Almost one in five people experiences an anxiety disorder each year, and more than a quarter of the population admits to an anxiety condition at some point in their lives. Here Allan V. Horwitz, a sociologist of mental illness and mental health, narrates how this condition has been experienced, understood, and treated through the ages-from Hippocrates, through Freud, to...Show more

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9781421410807

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Anxiety : A Short History

Format

Paperback

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