Anxious : the modern mind in the age of anxiety / Joseph LeDoux.

London : Oneworld Publications, 2015.

xiv, 466 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Published also as Anxious : using the brain to understand and treat fear and anxiety. New York : Viking, 2015.

The tangled web of anxiety and fear -- Rethinking the emotional brain -- Life is dangerous -- The defensive brain -- Have we inherited emotional states of mind from our animal ancestors? -- Let's get physical : the consciousness problem -- It's personal : how memory affects consciousness -- Feeling it : emotional consciousness -- Forty million anxious brains -- Changing the anxious brain -- Therapy : lessons from the laboratory.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-452) and index.