Úzkostný pacient – Honzák Radkin (2020)

Feelings of anxiety and fear accompany us throughout our lives, but sometimes they can take on the form of illness. Pathological anxiety states occur in the population much more frequently than doctors assume. They not only worsen the quality of life for the afflicted but also adversely affect the course of other diseases and overall health. Therefore, their therapy is not an ethical question but a categorical imperative of proper therapy. Anxiety is not a manifestation of a lack of will or other moral weakness; pathological anxiety is a disease like any other. Its causes can be various risk factors, ranging from genetic ones, through adverse influences during development, significant life events, to discreet disorders of 'brain chemistry.' One of our leading psychiatrist experts presents his practical experiences in this book, detailing the symptoms that anxious patients most commonly present to their general practitioners, how to recognize hypochondriacal disorders, phobias, anxiety disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive, and panic disorders. This publication is primarily intended for doctors, but it is written in such a style that it can also bring this issue closer to patients. It should contribute to mutual understanding between those who suffer from anxiety and those seeking help in...