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Social phobia : an interpersonal approach /

"Social phobia is a disorder involving an intense fear of being judged by others and it affects the lives of many people. This book takes a critical stance towards the received view of social phobia as a disease of sorts, characterized by abnormal anxiety and caused by an inner mental or physic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stravynski, Ariel, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The interpersonal approach. 1. Social phobia in interpersonal perspective: a conceptual framework and theoretical statement
  • Part II. What is social phobia and what is its nature? 2. The received view: social phobia construed as a disorder (disease) of anxiety ; 3. The interpersonal outlook: social phobia construed as an extended fearful interpersonal pattern
  • Part III. What causes social phobia? 4. Reductive-dualism I: social phobia as a consequence of bodily (brain) defects ; 5. Reductive-dualism II: social phobia as a consequence of mental (cognitive) defects ; 6. Causality at the interpersonal level: a multi-causal analysis
  • Part IV. Applications of the interpersonal approach. 7. Assessment and functional analysis ; 8. Treatment: undoing and overhauling social phobia
  • Part V. Conclusions. 9. Concluding remarks.