Synopses & Reviews
Psychological treatments have proven very effective in treating a wide spectrum of psychiatric syndromes, including depression, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bulimia nervosa, hypochondriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, premenstrual syndrome and social phobia. Science and Practice of Cognitive Behavior Therapy provides a summary of the current literature and a useful examination of the science and practice within cognitive behavior therapy. Both David Clark and Christopher Fairburn are acknowledged experts in the field and have succeeded in bringing together some of the world's foremost authorities in psychiatry. Topics covered include: the scientific foundations of cognitive behavior therapy, efficacy and dissemination of psychological treatments, panic disorders and social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sex therapy, and attempted suicide.
Table of Contents
I. General Considerations 1. The evolution of cognitive behaviour therapy, Stanley Rachman
2. The scientific foundations of cognitive behaviour therapy, Michael Gelder
3. Information processing biases in emotional disorders, Andrew Mathews
4. The relationship between cognition and emotion: the mind-in-place in mood disorders, John D. Teasdale
5. Efficacy and dissemination of psychological treatments, David H. Barlow and Stefan G. Hofmann
II. Specific Problems and Disorders
6. Panic disorder and social phobia, David M. Clark
7. Generalized anxiety disorder, Adrian Wells and Gillian Butler
8. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Paul M. Salkovskis and Joan Kirk
9. Eating disorders, Christopher G. Fairburn
10. Sexual problems, John Bancroft
11. Depression, J. Mark G. Williams
12. Attempted suicide, Keith Hawton
13. Hypochondriasis, Paul M. Salkovskis and Christopher Bass
14. Cardiovascular disease, Derek W. Johnston
15. Atypical chest pain, Richard Mayou
16. Chronic fatigue, Michael Sharpe
17. Problem-solving treatments in primary care, Dennis Gath and Laurence Mynors-Wallis