Have you any idea what really causes panic attacks? Are you aware of what thinking patterns create stress? Are you a chronic worrier? Perhaps you have ever self-medicated with alcohol or tranquilizers?

Regarding to mental health professionals, anxiety disorders have emerged as the normal cold of mental illness. Every family is touched in some way or another by stress issues and, with ever-increasing frequency, diagnosable panic disorders.

In Manage Your Anxiety–an easy-to-read, self-help about ASSUME CONTROL Your Anxiety: A Drug-Free Method of Living a Happy, Healthy Life reserve for the layperson–Drs. Cortman, Shinitzky, and O’Connor present the current understanding of anxiousness: its genesis in the mind, its features and contributions to human survival and growth, and its development to pathology.

Each of the five major stress disorders is featured inside a section that explores its etiology, practical steps and exercises for successful resolution, and real-life case research of patients who have overcome the disorder. The authors make use of some levity to teach their principles, including Dr. Seuss-like poems, well-known music parodies, and additional easy-to-remember aids. A tool box of basic resources and self-help techniques is also included. Most of all, the writers emphasize a non-pharmaceutical, evidence-based method of mastering anxiety issues and living a effective, well-balanced life.