1st Edition

Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders

By Lauren B. Alloy, John H. Riskind Copyright 2006
464 Pages
by Routledge

464 Pages
by Routledge

Emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and dysfunctional patterns of eating are clearly among the most devastating and prevalent confronting practitioners, and they have received much attention from researchers--in personality, social, cognitive, and developmental psychology, as well as in clinical psychology and psychiatry. A major recent focus has been cognitive vulnerability, which... Read more
Contents: Preface. J.H. Riskind, L.B. Alloy, Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders: Theory and Research Design/Methodology. Part I: Mood Disorders. L.B. Alloy, L.Y. Abramson, S.M. Safford, B.E. Gibb, The Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression (CVD) Project: Current Findings and Future Directions. R.E. Ingram, J. Miranda, Z. Segal, Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression. L.B. Alloy, N.A. Reilly-Harrington, D.M. Fresco, E. Flannery-Schroeder, Cognitive Vulnerability to Bipolar Spectrum Disorders. J.W. Pettit, T.E. Joiner, Jr., Cognitive Vulnerability to Suicide. S.K. Traill, I.H. Gotlib, Cognitive Vulnerability to Mood Disorders: An Integration. Part II: Anxiety Disorders. J.H. Riskind, N.L. Williams, A Unique Vulnerability Common to All Anxiety Disorders: The Looming Maladaptive Style. N.B. Schmidt, K. Woolaway-Bickel, Cognitive Vulnerability to Panic Disorder. S.J. Rachman, R. Shafran, J.H. Riskind, Cognitive Vulnerability to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. D.R. Ledley, D.M. Fresco, R.G. Heimberg, Cognitive Vulnerability to Social Anxiety Disorder. N.C. Feeny, E.B. Foa, Cognitive Vulnerability to PTSD. A. Wells, G. Matthews, Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders: An Integration. Part III: Eating Disorders. L.Y. Abramson, A.M. Bardone-Cone, K.D. Vohs, T.E. Joiner, Jr., T.F. Heatherton, Cognitive Vulnerability to Bulimia. D.M. Garner, C. Magana, Cognitive Vulnerability to Anorexia Nervosa. P.K. Keel, Cognitive Vulnerability to Eating Disorders: An Integration.

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Alloy, Lauren B.; Riskind, John H.

"'Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders' deserves a prominent place in the library of every researcher and serious student of the cognitive sources and treatment of emotional disorders....the editors and other contributors to this excellent resource are to be commended for this volume. It is perhaps in the nature of excellent work that the audience comes away wanting more."
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" 'Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders' a fascinating and thought-provoking experience with many new ideas, insights, and questions."
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