False Alarm

The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear

Marc Siegel

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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
09 November 2006

Social, group or collective psychology

Life today for citizens of the developed world is safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern medicine, science, technology, and intelligence. So why is an epidemic of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear. In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear - government, the media, and big pharma. With fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years, he shows how these fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts - often without our even realizing it. False Alarm shows us how to look behind the hype and hysteria, inoculate ourselves against fear tactics, and develop the emotional and intellectual skills needed to take back our lives.

By: Marc Siegel
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9780470053843
ISBN 10: 0470053844
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 November 2006
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MARC SIEGEL, M.D., is a practicing internist and associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a member of USA Today's board of contributors, and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Slate, and the New York Post. Siegel has appeared regularly on NBC's Today show, FOX News Channel, CNN, and NPR.

Reviews for False Alarm: The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear

Anthrax, vaccine shortages, and SARS, oh my! Americans have been pummeled with an endless series of apparent threats. Siegel makes a passionate argument that the only thing we have to fear is, indeed, our own paranoia. Reason, he says, is the best vaccination for this epidemic. ( Psychology Today, September/October 2005) <p> Marc Siegel tries to reduce the hysteria quotient with a straightforward recitation of facts and statistics. Recalling the famous Orson Welles broadcast of The War of the Worlds, Siegel tries all too sensibly (and one suspects futilely) to assess risk accurately and respond only to plausible threats such as the vulnerability of our container ships or loose nukes in former Soviet republics. (Benamin Barber, Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2005)