Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy back issues from April 2006:
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Social Phobia: Introduction to the Special Issue
Apr 01, 2006; ... Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) is the most common anxiety disorder and the third most common mental disorder in the population. If untreated, the disorder typically follows a chronic, unremitting course, leading to substantial impairments in vocational and social functioning. Despite ...
Social Self-Reappraisal Therapy for Social Phobia: Preliminary Findings
Apr 01, 2006; ... The recent psychopathology literature suggests that individuals with social phobia overestimate social standards and are deficient in setting and attaining social goals, have a negative perception of themselves as social objects, and show heightened self-focused attention when confronted with ...
Safety Behaviors and Social Performance in Patients With Generalized Social Phobia
Apr 01, 2006; ... The cognitive model of social phobia (Clark & Wells, 1995) suggests that safety behaviors, besides preventing disconfirmation of dysfunctional beliefs, cause significant impairment in social performance. To test this hypothesis, the current study investigated the relationship between ...
Combining Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Panic Disorder
Apr 01, 2006; ... This article focuses on the role of combination treatment strategies in the management of panic disorder (PD). Despite short-term benefits, there is not consistent evidence for a longer-term advantage of combined treatment over cognitive-behavior therapy alone. In discussing this result, we ...
Adaptive Inferential Feedback Partner Training: An Augmented Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Apr 01, 2006; ... It has been clearly documented that social support exerts a salubrious impact on depression. Yet, standardized social support interventions, with the primary intent of alleviating a patient's depression, have not been incorporated into evidence-based treatments for mood disorders. Not all types ...
Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Clinician's Guide to Effective Psychosocial and Pharmacological Interventions
Apr 01, 2006; ... Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Clinician's Guide to Effective Psychosocial and Pharmacological Interventions Thomas H. Ollendick and John S. March (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com/us). 2004, 592 pp., $69.50 (hardcover). Phobic and ...
The Illusion of Conscious Will
Apr 01, 2006; ... The Illusion of Conscious Will Daniel M. Wegner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (http://mitpress.rnit.edu). 2002, 419 pp., $37.00 (hardcover), $18.95 (softcover). This interesting and scholarly volume competently highlights many of the studies that have focused on human agency. The ...
Impact of Social Developmental Experiences on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Social Phobia
Apr 01, 2006; ... The current study examined how the social developmental experiences of people with generalized social phobia (GSP) affect their therapeutic relationships and treatment response. GSP patients (N = 27) completed measures of social learning experiences, and then participated in a 12-session group ...
Mindfulness and Task Concentration Training for Social Phobia: A Pilot Study
Apr 01, 2006; ... A new treatment for social phobia is evaluated: mindfulness training and task concentration training. The treatment consisted of nine sessions of 45-60 minutes and was administered individually. Nine severely socially phobic patients participated. No changes in complaints were observed during ...
Changing Interpretation and Judgmental Bias in Social Phobia: A Pilot Study of a Short, Highly Structured Cognitive Treatment
Apr 01, 2006; ... Interpretation and judgmental biases concerning negative evaluation are considered important maintaining factors in social phobia. Cognitive models imply that solely changing these core cognitions reduces social anxiety. Standardizing such an intervention in these core biases may simplify and ...
Measurement of Panic Interpretation Bias Using the Anxiety Interpretation Questionnaire for Children
Apr 01, 2006; ... The purpose of the present study is to investigate the development of a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of panic-relevant interpretations in children. The resulting measure, the Anxiety Interpretation Questionnaire for Children (AIQ-C), presents descriptions of panic-relevant and ...
Terrorists, Victims, and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and Its Consequences
Apr 01, 2006; ... Terrorists, Victims, and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and Its Consequences Andrew Silke (Ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley & Sons (www.wiley.com). 2003, 300 pp., $100.00 (hardcover), $55.00 (softcover). The book entitled Terrorists, Victims, and Society: Psychological ...
Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women than Men?
Apr 01, 2006; ... Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women than Men? Michelle G. Craske. Kidlington, Oxon, UK: Elsevier (www.elsevier.com). 2003, 312 pp., $85.00 (hardcover). Michelle Craske writes succinctly and clearly in Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women than Men? ...