Saturday, January 17, 2009

Getting Old without Getting Anxious or She Who Dreams

Getting Old without Getting Anxious

Author: Peter V Rabins

The first book to help the millions of older Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders to find relief and healing.

Informative and full of hope, Getting Old Without Getting Anxious assists older people and their caregivers in overcoming one of the more crippling and misunderstood human afflictions: anxiety. Geriatric psychiatrist and bestselling author of The 36-Hour Day Dr. Peter V. Rabins explains how the many changes that occur as a person ages can trigger severe and life-altering anxiety, often destroying lives. This valuable guide will help readers to:

- learn how late-life anxiety differs from anxiety in younger people; - identify the disorder a loved one may have and its causes; and - treat the affliction with the best remedy or combination of options available.

Anxiety is often dismissed as simply a by-product of old age. Yet Dr. Rabins shows that experiencing life as an older person does not mean living in fear, and he provides the tools to help people break free from the debilitating grasp of their disorders. Stories from patients will encourage and motivate both those suffering from mental illness and their caregivers.


About the Author:
Peter V. Rabins, M.D., is a nationally respected geriatric psychiatrist and a leading expert in the field. On the faculty of Johns Hopkins University since 1978, Rabins is a professor of psychiatry, with joint appointments in the departments of Medicine and Health Policy and Management.

Lynn Lauber is a writer.



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She Who Dreams: A Journey into Healing Through Dreamwork

Author: Wanda Easter Burch

Wanda Burch dreamt that she would die at a certain age; her dreams foretold her diagnosis of cancer, and then guided her toward treatment and wellness. She took advantage of all the usual medical resources available to her, but believes she is alive because of her intimate engagement with the dreamworld. She Who Dreams takes the reader into that healing dreamworld, opening a path to self-diagnosis and physical and psychic health. Through powerful prose and practical exercises, this book describes in compelling detail a life lived and deepened, and a death postponed. In the process it shows that wisdom lives within everyone, and that anyone can tap into that wisdom through dreamwork.



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