Fears, Phobias, and Rituals by Isaac Marks

Fears, Phobias, and Rituals by Isaac Marks

This book is unique in bringing together information on fear and anxiety disorders from many disciplines, including ethology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, and psychiatry. Definitive as a reference work, it is also fascinating to read. With over 3000 entries in the bibliography, the book is extremely thorough both in presenting the scientific basis for understanding fear behaviour and in describing anxiety disorders and their treatment. Dealing first with normal fear and then with clinical syndromes, it describes the phenomena and the factors known to influence them. It synthesizes naturalistic and experimental work in animals and humans so that researchers and clinicians can understand each other's work. The book will be of special use to behavioural scientists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, and of interest to many others.

Will give new life to the study of the psychopathological processesWhatever the shortcomings in the principles, he relates the techniques to a psychopathology elaborated from detailed experimental findings. He must be praised too for the efforts he has made in the face of formidable difficulties to evaluate the results of the various forms of behavioural treatment. * British Medical Journal *
A major scientific treatise on all aspects of fear, both normal and pathological, and is distinguished by its clarity, careful analysis of difficult material, and judicious evaluation of experimental evidence...magnificent book which...will almost certainly remain the standard work on the subject at least until the next revision. Psychiatrists, psychologists and ethologists will all find much to interest and even fascinate them. * The British Journal of Psychiatry *

Professor Isaac Marks qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1956. He trained as a psychiatrist at the Univ of London at the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital from 1960-3. He was a founding Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1971 and became a Fellow in 1976. He did clinical research at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London & the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital from 1964 to 2000, becoming Consultant Psychiatrist there in 1968 and Professor of Experimental Psychopathology there in 1978. In 2000 he became Professor Emeritus there and at King's College London. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California, Salmon lecturer and medallist at the New York Academy of Sciences, Sackler Scholar at the Advanced Studies Institute, University of Tel Aviv 1998, consultant to WHO, NIMH, UK Dept of Health, visiting professor to universities in 6 continents, Chairman of the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy, President of the European Association of Behaviour Therapy. He has been on the boards of many scientific journals and committees and had many awards. He has published 14 professional books and 470 scientific papers. Professor Marks's research has included the treatment of anxiety and sexual disorders by psychological therapies. He co-ordinates the international Task Force which is publishing this book.

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ISBN 13	9780195039276
ISBN 10	0195039270
Title	Fears, Phobias, and Rituals
Author	Isaac Marks
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Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	1987-09-17
Number of pages	704
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