Chapters are in the form of surveys and digests of the recent literature and are interspersed with clinical guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic points and are well illustrated.
David John Nutt is a British neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep. He was until 2009 a professor at the University of Bristol heading their Psychopharmacology Unit.
James C. Ballenger is the editor of Anxiety Disorders, published by Wiley.