Living with Fear: Understanding and Coping with Anxiety. Isaac M. Marks [Paperback]

Isaac Meyer Marks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2005

Living with Fear is a self-help book that gives practical advice to people who are suffering from phobias, panic, obsessions, rituals or traumatic distress.

In the new edition, the author has updated the book to include new phobias e.g. fear of Aids contamination as well as the latest treatments. References, examples and case studies will be updated throughout the book. The case examples in the current edition are drawn from many parts of the world.

•Consistent best seller in the UK – current edition has sold over 50,000 copies

•Author is internationally renown

•In a randomised controlled trial, sufferers who used Living With Fear improved as much as sufferers guided by a psychiatrist

•Case studies and examples are taken from round the world

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About the Author

Issac Marks is Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley Hospital trust for 22 years. He is former President of the British and European Associations of Behaviour Therapy and former consultant to the World Health Organisation and National Institute of Mental Health

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (February 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077109821
• ISBN-13: 978-0077109820
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for anyone working in the area of anxiety, August 8, 2007

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Anthony Gunn (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living with Fear: Understanding and Coping with Anxiety. Isaac M. Marks (Paperback)

As a psychologist specializing in the area of anxiety, I found this book extremely useful. The author, Isaac Marks, is a guru in the world of anxiety. He has been around for a long time and has a huge amount of experience. This book is a 2nd edition from his first which was written over 30 years ago. Now the reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 was because, and I hope I don't get hit by lighting for saying this about the guru himself, but the author could have updated a lot of his references. Some of his reference were from the first edition which were from the 1950's and earlier. I felt that it's fine to keep these, though it would have been good to have them accompanied by updated research. The field of psychology has changed dramatically since the 1950's, and therefore leaves you guessing if this is really accurate information. Please note, that only some of his references are like this, not all. Now with that said, the book is still brilliant and highly relevnt. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the area of fear and phobias. It is academically based, so maybe not the best choice if you are wanting to know who to beat a phobia of spiders for example. Though if you want to know more about the field of anxiety and phobias, then this book is a must for your library.

Anthony Gunn, psychologist and author of Fear Is Power: Turn Your Fears Into Success

5.0 out of 5 stars Living With Fear, October 31, 2010

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CarolynB - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Living with Fear (Hardcover)

Awesome book, was worn, but knew this from the description, still a great read and helpful tool.