The Empirical Nature of Worry

ALAN CHALLMANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.10.1140

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For many years the author has been interested in understanding the ubiquitous human practice of imposing suffering upon oneself. Worry is a good example of self-inflicted suffering; it is so commonly experienced that it provides anyone who cares to introspect a convenient opportunity for further self-understanding and thereby a reduction in personal suffering.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 10 • October 1974

Pages: 1140 - 1141

PubMed: 4416254

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Published in print: October 1974

Published online: 12 February 2015

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ALAN CHALLMAN

Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, and is in private practice at 1941 Medical Arts Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 55402

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