Anxiety and Health Psychology: An English Contribution

Reviews the book, Anxiety Theory, Research and Intervention in Clinical and Health Psychology by Robert J. Edelmann (1992). This book is organized into four major sections: (a) conceptual and theoretical formulations of anxiety in the first two chapters, (b) five chapters on the major anxiety disorders-social phobia, panic, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, (c) a special chapter on anxiety and psychosexual dysfunction, and (d) three final chapters on anxiety and health issues, namely preoperative anxiety, medical avoidance, and anxiety and disease. This book will probably find its largest audience among psychologists in the United Kingdom. For psychiatrists and other mental health professionals seeking au courant findings on prevalence, etiology, and treatment of anxiety disorders and related health issues, Edelmann's text should provide new insights. For American psychologists, this book may provide a broadening exposure to English work in the field of anxiety. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)