Treatment of Panic Disorder: A Consensus Development Conference - Hardcover

"This is an informative book that provides insight into the current state of knowledge regarding the treatment of panic disorder. The reader will gain an understanding of the different approaches that cognitive behaviorists and psychopharmacologists take with respect to treating patients with this debilitating mental illness."-- "Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal" "Wolfe and Maser's "Treatment of Panic Disorder: A Consensus Development Conference" provides a particularly succinct and thoughtful overview of this rapidly developing area. It provides, in a single volume, the latest research and thinking by some of the leading investigators in the field with respect to the diagnosis, etiology, course, prognosis, and treatment of the panic disorders. On the whole, the text provides one of the most valuable compilations of fact and theory that I have seen. I think it is must reading for anyone interested in the nature and treatment of the panic disorders and a model for organizing current knowledge that should be applied to other types of problems."-- "Steven D. Hollon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University" "It is a major contribution to the field, and if you plan to buy only one book on panic disorder this year, this one is an excellent choice."-- "General Hospital Psychiatry"

One out of every 75 people worldwide will be afflicted with panic disorder during their lifetime. Treatment of Panic Disorder presents the latest research of leading psychology, psychiatry, cardiology, internal medicine, and methodology experts working in this field. The authors address such issues as What is panic disorder? How is it diagnosed? What are the current treatments? What are the effects of these treatments? What are the directions for future research?