To capture the essence of the experience brought on by exposure to the epidemics and as part of the author's doctoral dissertation, Dr. Dawson interviewed people who have experienced the powerful effects of fear. The book provides the reader with evidenced based interventions on how they can halt emotion constriction of exposure to life threatening diseases such as the opiate and coronavirus epidemics. The book offers the reader with research based explanations of the neural consequences of fear and related cognitive decline such as dementia and other organic brain diseases. "Epidemics: Fear and the Dementia Connection" is a unique academic look at the connection between the emotion of fear-more specifically, fear fueled by epidemics with serious neural consequences such as organic brain disease. With more than 40 years' experience in education and mental health, this book addresses the powerful effects on fear on the human psyche and includes evidence-based interventions that immediately reduce the neural consequences of fear.