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Zusatztext "..several excellent surveys.." (Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics! Vol.70 Issue 1! 2001) Informationen zum Autor Graham C. Davey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK. He has been an active researcher in areas associated with anxiety and its disorders, especially pathological worrying, phobias, and perseverative psychopathologies generally. He has published his research in many high-impact international journals including Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Journal of Experimental Psychology , and Behaviour Research & Therapy . He has authored or edited a total of 11 books, including Davey, G.C.L. (1997) (Ed) Phobias: A handbook of theory, research and treatment , Chichester:Wiley,andDavey, G.C.L.&Tallis, F. (1994) (Eds) Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment and treatment , Chichester: Wiley. He was elected President of the British Psychological Society from 2002-2003. Klappentext In diesem handlichen Nachschlagewerk sind die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse über Phobien zusammengetragen worden. Es ist ein ideales Handbuch für das schnelle Auffinden gewünschter Informationen und ein maßgeblicher Leitfaden zur aktuellen Fachliteratur. Es bietet einen systematischen, integrierten und aktuellen Überblick über die am häufigsten auftretenden Phobien, ihre Behandlung und theoretische Fragen im Zusammenhang mit der Ätiologie. Diskutiert wird u.a. die Schlüsselrolle kognitiver Faktoren in der Psychopathologie, die verantwortlich sind für Entstehung und Fortdauer von Angstzuständen. (01/00) Zusammenfassung This book describes the symptoms, prevalence rates, individual case histories and etiology of phobias. It explores treatment and covers current methodologies, outcome efficacy, and comparisons between different therapeutic techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis THE NATURE AND DESCRIPTION OF PREVALENT PHOBIAS. Social Phobia: A Cognitive Approach (A. Wells & D. Clark). Agoraphobia (P. Salkovskis & A. Hackmann). Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia (L.-G. Ost & K. Hellstrom). Animal Phobias (S. Thorpe & P. Salkovskis). Dental Phobias (G. Kent). Water Phobia (R. Menzies). Height Phobia (R. Menzies). Accident Phobia (K. Kuch). Claustrophobia (S. Rachman). Atypical Phobias (R. McNally). Specific Phobias in Children (T. Ollendick, et al.). THE TREATMENT OF PHOBIAS. Rapid Treatment of Specific Phobias (L.-G. Ost). A Comparison of Behavioral and Cognitive Treatments of Phobias (M. Craske & M. Rowe). The Use of Medication in the Treatment of Phobias (P. Hayward & J. Wardle). GENERAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AETIOLOGY AND MAINTENANCE. A Conditioning Model of Phobias (G. Davey). Evolutionary Models of Phobias (H. Merckelbach & P. de Jong). Unconscious Pre-Attentive Mechanisms in the Activation of Phobic Fear (A. Ohman). The Match-Mismatch Model of Phobia Acquisition (A. Arntz). Information-Processing Approaches to Phobias (C. Cameron). The Epidemiology of Fears and Phobias (T. Chapman). Indexes....
