Understanding Anxiety

Carol King, PhD is a retired psychologist. With a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University, she has done clinical work in community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, a university counseling center, and private practice. Her interests include personality psychology, social psychology, human development, positive psychology, depression, and especially, anxiety. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sean Kelly (PhD, Sociology; University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a professor in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. He studies the social organization of schools, student engagement, and teacher effectiveness. He currently serves as co-editor of the American Educational Research Journal and has served or serves on the editorial boards of the journals Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Urban Education, Sociology of Education, as well as Research in the Teaching of English.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionOne. What Is Anxiety?Two. Social AnxietyThree. Specific PhobiaFour. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Five. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)Six. Anxiety and Underachievement Across the Life SpanSeven. Managing Your AnxietyEight. Children, Anxiety, and Parenting BehaviorsConclusion: Revealing and Confronting the Hidden HandicapAppendix: Resources for Further ReadingReferencesIndex

“Common-sense guide...the authors give good examples of different types of anxiety and raise awareness and understanding of a disorder that can be debilitating from childhood through retirement”—Booklist