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Anxiety

By: Series: Clinical psychology : a modular coursePublisher: Hove : Psychology Press, 2013Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 243 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780415697071 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415697088 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 172
Contents:
Introduction to the third edition -- Introduction to the second edition -- The nature of anxiety -- : fear, anxiety and avoidance -- Influences on anxiety -- Anxiety, attention, perception and memory -- Theories of anxiety -- Specific phobias and the conditioning theory of fear -- Panic and anxiety.
Summary: Anxiety is a complex phenomenon and a central feature of many psychological problems. This thoroughly revised edition of Anxiety has been updated to include astonishing developments in the in the clinical implementation of knowledge about anxiety. In particular, this edition updates the reader with: a new chapter on health anxiety; a fully updated chapter on obsessive compulsive disorders, including the concept of mental contamination and the causes of obsessions; an account of advances in therapeutic techniques. Unique in combining an introduction to the subject with comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in research and practice, this book provides excellent breadth and depth of coverage which all practicing and trainee clinical psychologists, and students of clinical psychology, will find extremely informative.
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Book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves WM 172 RAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 022675
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Introduction to the third edition -- Introduction to the second edition -- The nature of anxiety -- : fear, anxiety and avoidance -- Influences on anxiety -- Anxiety, attention, perception and memory -- Theories of anxiety -- Specific phobias and the conditioning theory of fear -- Panic and anxiety.

Anxiety is a complex phenomenon and a central feature of many psychological problems. This thoroughly revised edition of Anxiety has been updated to include astonishing developments in the in the clinical implementation of knowledge about anxiety. In particular, this edition updates the reader with:
a new chapter on health anxiety; a fully updated chapter on obsessive compulsive disorders, including the concept of mental contamination and the causes of obsessions; an account of advances in therapeutic techniques.

Unique in combining an introduction to the subject with comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in research and practice, this book provides excellent breadth and depth of coverage which all practicing and trainee clinical psychologists, and students of clinical psychology, will find extremely informative.

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