Anxiety Explained: Managing Anxiety and Stress Problems

This book will take you through the story of anxiety from its nature, manifestations, and causes to its treatment. It will describe the experience itself and how psychiatrists diagnose and classify the different types of anxiety disorders. We will also discuss the medical and psychological aspects of anxiety and the multitude of available treatments including psychotherapies and alternative therapies. This is followed by changes in Lifestyle which may help to overcome stress and distress, including the role of diet, smoking, caffeine, and alcohol in aggravating your anxiety. The way forward to self-help is outlined.The book aims to provide information and answers to common questions many anxious patients may ask. It will also offer many techniques to help you manage your condition by your own effort.Written by a consultant psychiatrist with experience in psychotherapy and management of anxiety patients for four decades, this book fills a gap in the available self-help library of books on psychological problems. Dr. Sabry Abdel Fattah is a highly experienced consultant psychiatrist who has been living in the United Kingdom since 1990. After graduating from medical school in Cairo, he underwent rigorous training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and group therapy before enrolling in post-graduate studies in psychiatry at the University of London, where he qualified with an M.Sc. Neuroscience degree. In 1995, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at Edinburgh University as a Research Fellow and contributed to numerous scientific publications during his time there. With more than four decades of experience both within the UK and overseas, Dr. Abdel Fattah also has extensive knowledge and interest outside of psychiatry; including computer programming, scientific writing, philosophy, arts, literature, and history.الدكتور صبري عبد الفتاح طبيب نفسي يعيش في إنجلترا منذ عام 1990. تدرب وعمل في المملكة المتحدة كاستشاري في الطب النفسي. بعد تخرجه من كلية الطب من جامعة القاهرة ، اختار الدكتور عبد الفتاح الطب النفسي تخصصًا منذ عام 1978. مارس الطب النفسي والعلاج النفسي لعدد من السنوات في مصر والشرق الأوسط. في إنجلترا ، أكمل تدريبه لعضوية الكلية الملكية للأطباء النفسيين في لندن ، ودرس درجة الماجستير في علم الأعصاب في جامعة لندن. من خلال العمل في البحث العلمى مع جامعة إدنبرة ، نشر الدكتور عبدالفتاح عددًا من الدراسات حول مرض انفصام الشخصية. عمل كاستشاري طب نفسي في المملكة المتحدة لمدة 30 عامًا. يتمتع صبري عبد الفتاح بخبرة واسعة في الطب النفسي والعلاج النفسي طوال حياته المهنية. من بين مجالات اهتمامه الأخرى برمجة الكمبيوتر والكتابة العلمية والفلسفة والفنون والأدب.