Portraits of Fear: Portraits of Fear in the skies, the streets, in war-torn places and the courtroom, with a little help from science
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This memoir dives deeply into the psychology of fear and its behavioural treatment. It begins with the dying months of WWII and the ups and downs of a doctorate in pathology at the university of Heidelberg. It moves from there to a residency in psychiatry at the University of Florida, doubts about traditional therapies and the beginnings of behaviour therapy. From there it heads to Toronto, to the founding of Canada’sfirst university clinic for anxiety disorders and a behind-the scenes look at a controversial study comparing a drug with behaviour therapy in agoraphobia. Investigations of PTSD in police officers, rape victims, accident survivors and hundreds of Jewish concentration camp survivors followed. The memoir ends with the author’stestimony in high-profile legal cases, his views on psychotherapy and the essential role of science in the ongoing debate on vaccinations and preventative medicine.What are the main ingredients of cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy? How does exposure therapy work? How can the impact of chronic pain