Anxiety: The Silent Burden
Anxiety: The Silent Burden of Public Health
Dr. Nawa Raj Subba
Anxiety: The Silent Burden of Public Health
Anxiety is the endemic of our age that is invisible- it is not fast or easy to accept. But its effect is experienced in every level of the body, brains and society. The book is an effort at perceiving this silent crisis in a scientific, practical and human perspective.
The introductory chapter determines the anxiety and its general health consequences. The different disorders caused by anxiety and their biological and psychological context are then examined. The book examines the causes of anxiety in a many-sided approach- personally, socially, chemically and culturally.
The chapters V to VII talk more about the connection between the mind and the body. It is holistically explained how daily habits, including sleep, nutrition, and exercise, which are the pillars of managing anxiety, are. In addition to this, the role of therapy in shaping a healthy lifestyle and self-efficacy has been also well brought out.
The following section dwells on practical issues, -how to select the right therapist, how to develop a supportive relationship, and when is medication or medical intervention required. It allows the reader to self-realization and decision making.
The last section of the book is devoted to the realistic means of coping with anxiety at a workplace and it can be useful to prevent losing balance and productivity in the professional domain.
Altogether, Anxiety: Invisible Pressures in Public Health is not only a psychological work but the effort to establish the balance in all spheres of life. The book is an excellent guide to health care workers, researchers, students, and any other person concerned with self-development.
The reader is taught to view anxiety as a legible messenger, not an enemy, as the reader reads it, since being healthy does not mean being free of disease but having an alert mind.
