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No one knows Mountaineers football better than Don Nehlen, head coach of the Mountaineers from 1980 until 2001. Now fans of this dynamic collegiate powerhouse will relive the greatest moments in West Virginia football through the eyes of its most successful coach. When Coach Nehlen arrived in Morgantown in December 1979, he had a large task in front of him turn a losing team into a force to be reckoned with. In this book, he shares how he made it happen. Nehlen explains his theories about coaching, the staff that supported him, and the strategies that he employed to create a stronger team. He shares stories about some of his best players like Major Harris, Barrett Green, Rich Braham, and Marc Bulger. He gives the play-by-play for some of his biggest wins and most disappointing losses. Coach Nehlen guides you through the legendary undefeated seasons of 1988 and 1993. In addition, he shares his Hall of Fame experience with you, and muses about the future of college football. Without a doubt, this insider s look at West Virginia football is a must-have for any Mountaineers fan.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Anxiety Disorders
• I Am Not Afraid Barbara Grizzutti Harrison Psychological
• Concept:panic disorder
• A noted writer suffering from panic disorder tells of the many fears that limit her daily activities
• A Fear of Snakes Raeann Dumont Psychological
• Concept:specific phobia
• A man develops a fear of snakes and is driven to ensure that none are near him
• The Accident
• That Didn't Happen
• Psychological Concept:obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Dr. S. tells of the anxiety and embarrassment that come from often doubting his actions and having to constantly recheck them Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam Veterans
• Psychological Concept:posttraumatic stress disorder
• A veteran tells of the unrelenting nightmares, anger, isolation, and mistrust he continues to suffer since returning from combat in the Vietnam War
• 2 Dissociative Disorders
• The Divided Woman
• Psychological Concept:dissociative amnesia
• Returning from a trip that she kept secret from her parents
• A second-year pharmacy student suddenly forgets her entire life and begins psychotherapy
• Hypnosis, and drug treatment to recover from dissociative amnesia
• The Myth of Repressed Memory
• Psychological Concept:repressed memory
• A psychologist and expert in memory presents the views of those who support
• Evidence obtained from repressed memory and of those who question such evidence
• I Have Multiple Personality
• Disorder Quiet Storm Psychological
• Concept:dissociative identity disorder
• Speaking of herself in first-person plural
• A woman who was a victim of child abuse reflects on the anguish of dissociative identity disorder
• 3 Somatoform Disorders and Factitious Disorders
• Phantom Illness Carla Cantor Psychological
• Concept:hypochondriasis
• Convinced that she has lupus
• A life-threatening autoimmune disease
• A young wife and mother tells how hypochondriasis puts her life on hold
• The Broken Mirror
• Psychological Concept:body dysmorphic disorder
• An attractive, young woman obsessively worries that her normal
• Attractive skin is not normal
• So much so that she avoids social contact and seeks surgery for the imagined defect
• Patient or Pretender
• Psychological Concept:factitious disorder
• Stunned by the breakup of her engagement
• A young woman is so bereft that to get attention she convinces others that she has cancer
• 4 Mood Disorders Suffering From Depression
• Psychological Concept:depression
• A writer describes the tormenting effects of depression
• The way in which the illness takes over her life, and the hope
• That antidepressants such as Prozac offer
• An Unquiet Mind
• Psychological Concept:bipolar disorder
• A clinical psychologist describes her experiences with bipolar disorder
• An illness over which she has gained control and about which she is now a recognized expert
• 5 Suicide A Time to Listen: Preventing
• Youth Suicide Patricia Hermes
• Psychological Concept:preventing youth suicide
• Concerned about the frequency of suicides among young people
• A woman tells how listening and caring may prevent troubled youth from committing suicide
• Sunshower
• Psychological Concept:recovering from the suicide of a loved one
• A courageous woman tells how she survived her husband's unexpected suicide when he was in his thirties and life was full of promise
• Darkness Visible
• Psychological Concept:deciding not to commit suicide
• A Pulitzer prize-winning author was so overcome with depression that suicide seemed the only solution
• In one startling moment, however, he had an experience that compelled him to change his mind
• 6 Psychological Factors and Medical Conditions
• Is It Worth Dying For?
• Psychological Concepts: heart attack, stress, type
• A behavior After suffering a heart attack, a physician realizes that his type
• A behavior and the stress he put himself under contributed to his illness
• In Bed Joan Didion Psychological Concept:migraine headaches
• A noted writer describes the tensions in her life that precipitate her migraine headaches
• Days of
• Psychological Concepts: AIDS, coping, social support
• A tennis champion points to the social support and coping strategies
• That sustained him when he discovered he had received a blood transfusion tainted with the AIDS virus
• Thorns into Feathers: Coping with Chronic Illness
• Psychological Concepts: chronic fatigue syndrome, stress, coping
• A man explains how a change in lifestyle helps him adapt to chronic fatigue syndrome
• 7 Schizophrenia Welcome Silence
• My Triumph Over
• Psychological Concept:schizophrenia
• A woman who made a remarkable recovery from schizophrenia
• With therapy and medication describes the voices
• She heard and the imaginary events that were part of her illness
• Tell Me I'm Here
• Psychological Concept:schizophrenia and the family
• A South Australian woman describes the torment brought to her and her family
• As a result of her son's schizophrenia
• I Feel Cheated by Having
• This Illness
• Psychological Concept:schizophrenia
• An African-American man tells of his battle with schizophrenia and of the treatment that is helping him
• 8 Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
• The Duke of Deception
• Psychological Concept:antisocial personality disorder
• A well-known writer painfully discovers that his father's behavior was frequently deceitful
• Impulsive, irresponsible, or criminal
• Girl, Interrupted
• Psychological Concept:borderline personality disorder
• A young woman describes how she was hospitalized for self-destructive
• Behavior and diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
• Losing Your Shirt
• Psychological Concept:compulsive gambling
• Two young men detail their addiction to pathological gambling
• And describe the ways it destroyed trust and relationships
• 9 Substance-Related Disorders
• My Descent into Alcoholism
• Psychological Concept:alcohol dependence
• An editor and columnist tells of the power alcohol had over her
• Her refusal to recognize her addiction, and the damage it brought to her health
• Getting Better: Inside Alcoholics
• Anonymous
• Psychological Concept:recovery from alcohol dependence
• A veteran reporter discusses how Alcoholics
• Anonymous and the medication
• Antabuse helped her overcome alcohol addiction
• Dying to Be
• Psychological Concept:steroid abuse
• A high school student, determined to be a football star
• Decides to take steroids and suffers severe physical and psychological changes
• Cocaine: Helen's Story
• Psychological Concept:cocaine dependence
• A woman who has a seizure brought on by using cocaine describes