The amount of research on the prevalence and nature of various forms of
anxiety disorders, problematic health behaviors, and physical illness
has significantly accumulated, yet there has been no systematic
integration of the research in science and practice.
Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness is a single resource
that offers theoretical perspectives and reviews of research on the link
between health behaviors and physical illness to anxiety. The authors
explore the idea of reciprocal relations between anxiety and health
factors throughout the developmental course. Special attention is
devoted to the mechanisms by which certain health factors (e.g. physical
exercise) may play a role in the onset or maintenance of particular
anxiety disorders.