1st Edition
The Causes and Cures of Neurosis An Introduction to Modern Behaviour Therapy based on Learning Theory and the Principles of Conditioning
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1965 this book was an introduction to post-Freudian methods of diagnosing and treating neurotics of the time. These methods were known collectively as ‘behaviour therapy’, a term indicating their derivation from modern behaviourism, learning theory, and conditioning principles. In the early twentieth century John B. Watson pointed out that ‘psychology, as the behaviourist... Read more
Introduction 1 The nature of neurosis 2 Dimensions of personality 3 The biological basis of personality 4 Drive, drugs and personality 5 Anxiety states – I 6 Anxiety states – II 7 Hysterical disorders 8 Psychomotor disturbances 9 Obsessional–compulsive disorders 10 Sexual disorders 11 Avoidance conditioning and aversion treatment 12 Modification of the behaviour of psychotic patients 13 Children’s disorders – I 14 Children’s disorders – II 15 Children’s disorders – III 16 The results of behaviour therapy 17 Recovery and relapses Bibliography and author index Subject index
Biography
H. J. Eysenck, S Rachman
