The Anxiety Cure: An Eight-step Program for Getting Well (Paperback)

Everyone has experienced some form of anxiety, but for millions of people anxiety can be crippling. In fact, anxiety disorders are the most common type of emotional trouble. Fortunately, they are also among the most treatable. Dr. Robert DuPont, founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, now provides a practical guide featuring a step–by–step, eight–point program for curing the six kinds of anxiety. Written in a friendly and reassuring manner, the book offers sufferers—and their loved ones—immediate relief.

Covers the six kinds of anxiety disorders, including Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

• Provides easy relaxation techniques.
• Gives advice for friends, family, and support people.

ROBERT DU PONT, M.D., founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and has been a psychiatrist for 33 years. His extensive media experience includes two years as Good Morning America′s on–air health correspondent. His daughters, CAROLINE DU PONT, M.D., a psychiatrist, and ELIZABETH DU PONT SPENCER, a licensed social worker, also specialize in treating anxiety disorders. All three live in the Washington, D.C. area.

Anxiety disorders cause untold suffering, and they affect one in four people. This book offers an eight–step practical program for fast and long–lasting relief of anxiety symptoms. The Anxiety Cure is written by a father and his two daughters, now in clinical practice together, who tell the inspiring story of how they overcame anxiety in their family. The authors share their step–by–step methods for dealing with the six main types of anxiety, including panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Grounded in the authors′ own treatment of thousands of clinically anxious people, The Anxiety Cure:

• Tells how to manage anxiety at home and at work
• Gives action plans for friends, family, and support people
• Provides easy relaxation techniques
• Outlines lifesaving strategies for anxious people with alcohol or drug problems
• Includes dramatic stories, as well as boxes, tools, and forms to chart your personal progress.

"The Anxiety Cure is a warm, wise, and thoroughly wonderful book for people with anxiety disorders and for everyone who cares about them." —from the foreword by Jerilyn Ross, MA., L.I.C.S.W., President, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and author of Triumph Over Fear.

"The Anxiety Cure will be a big hit with the public and with anxious people." —Willard Scott.

"The Anxiety Cure is sure to enjoy substantial popularity and will be used widely by anxious people, their families, and therapists." —R. Reid Wilson, Ph.D., author of Don′t Panic.