“Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely”

Dr. Edward M. Hallowell

Pantheon

$26, 331 pages

OK, so you don’t have a full-blown anxiety or panic disorder, but you are a worrywart. This may be a helpful guide. Written by a Harvard psychiatrist, the book describes the role of worry in various medical disorders and details how it can be destructive. His approach to worry is that it is a problem that can be managed as opposed to allowing worry to cause endless suffering. Many people will relate to the chapter on how to deal with “what if” worries.