Author: Alloy, Lauren B. (editor); Riskind, John H. (editor).
Title: Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders.
Description: Mahwah, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (LEA), 2005. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, old price marks. 451 pp. Emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders are among the most devastating and prevalent confronting practitioners. A recent focus has been cognitive vulnerability, which sets the stage for recurrences of symptoms and episodes. Leading experts present the first broad synthesis of what we have now learned about the nature of cognitive factors that seem to play a crucial role in creating and maintaining vulnerability across the spectrum of emotional disorders. Discusses the difference between distal cognitive antecedents of disorders (e.g. depressive inferential styles, dysfunctional attitudes) and proximal ones (e.g. schema activation or inferences). ISBN: 0805857745

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