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Greek and Latin physicians and philosophers distinguished anxiety from other types of negative affect, and identified it as a medical disorder. Ancient Epicurean and Stoic philosophers suggested techniques to reach an anxiety-free state of mind that are reminiscent of modern cognitive psychology.
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DELINEATION OF TWO DRUG-RESPONSIVE ANXIETY SYNDROMES...
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A Brief History of Anxiety…Yours and Mine. New on audio in early 2021. Narrated by the author. Adapted for an award-winning documentary, “The Age of Anxiety,”by CBC Television, produced by Ric Bienstock in consultation with Patricia Pearson for Associated Producers (2012).
- Ancient Scholars on Anxiety Treatment
- 20Th-Century Treatment Progress
- Strides Forward in The ‘50s
Although the ancients didn’t have a sophisticated way to diagnose different anxiety disorders,their solutionmight sound surprisingly modern. The Stoic philosophers of ancient Rome recognized that symptoms of anxiety were caused by thoughts and feelings that might be negative or untrue. So, they reasoned, people should learn to deal with their inner...
It wasn’t until the early 20th century that physicians and psychologists began to take meaningful stepstoward easing anxiety for the average patient. In the 1930s, Orval Mowrer’s 2-factor theoryTrusted Sourcebuilt on Pavlovian conditioning, also known as fear conditioning, and began the initial drive toward modern exposure therapies. Once anxiety b...
Initially called, cognitive therapy, classic cognitive therapy was originally tested in the 1960s. The more modern form of cognitive therapy, CBT, consists of classic cognitive therapy, exposure therapies, as well as, behavioral, problem-solving, and social skills training methods. It remains one of the most popular anxiety treatment methods becaus...
- Rachel Heston-Davis
Oct 10, 2020 · Anxiety, as a disorder, is when your fight or flight system is malfunctioning. This article discusses anxiety as a disorder, but the initial history of anxiety is simply the development of the fight or flight system, which is a system that you do need in life to stay safe.
- Before getting into the history of anxiety, it's important to note that at its core level, anxiety is a part of evolution. Anxiety is the activatio...
- It was during the era of Greek rule that the term “hysteria” was coined, which would mean bad news for anxiety-prone women for centuries to come. T...
- During the early Renaissance, women in particular who were highly anxious and prone to “hysteria” were often accused of being witches. Premonitions...
- Similarly, during the Victorian era, women who got “hysterical” were seen as being crazy. The tension that built up from being trapped indoors with...
- Soldiers in the American Civil War were thought to suffer from what was then called “irritable heart syndrome” when they exhibited heart palpitatio...
- The Russians seem to have been the first to catch on to the psychological nature of this condition, and began sending psychiatrists off to war alon...
- Most modern techniques for treating anxiety came into existence after the 1950s (though during this time muscle relaxation techniques are also freq...
- In the modern day, discoveries continue to be made about the potential presence of predisposal to anxiety on the genetic level. In addition to thes...
It is a combination of autobiography, medical history, and social activism that discusses the author's experience with diagnosed anxiety, treatment thereof, the history of mental health treatment in general, and a veteran patient's possible objections to the nature of mental health treatment today.
- Patricia Pearson
- 2008
Mar 11, 2008 · The millions of North Americans who silently cope with anxiety at last have a witty, articulate champion in Patricia Pearson, who shows that the anxious are hardly “nervous nellies” with “weak characters” who just need medicine and a pat on the head.
About A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine) Patricia Pearson returns to non-fiction with a witty, insightful and highly personal look at recognizing and coping with fears and anxieties in our contemporary world.
