Phobias: A Handbook of Theory, Research and Treatment

A complete summary of current knowledge about phobias, for the academic and clinicianFirst comprehensive handbook on the topic for 10 yearsThe latest research and findings presented in a single sourceContributions from eminent international clinicians and researchersPsychological treatments available for specific phobias have been refined considerably in recent years. This extensive handbook acknowledges these treatments and includes the description and nature of prevalent phobias, details of symptoms, prevalence rates, individual case histories, and a brief review of our knowledge of the aetiology of phobias. Key knowledge about phobias is brought together in this one critical and accessible handbook, which saves the busy clinician time and provides an authoritative guide to the literature. It is systematically compiled to act as a working tool providing an integrated, contemporary account of prevalent specific phobias, their treatment and theoretical issues concerning aetiology. The Handbook also reflects the important role of cognitive factors in psychopathology which generate and maintain phobic disorders, a process that is now recognized as important in their understanding and treatment.

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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. 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 Treatments of Specific Phobias (L. Ost).
A Comparison of Behavioral and Cognitive Treatments of Phobias (M. Craske & M. Rowe).
The Use of Medicatio n 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.

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A complete summary of current knowledge about phobias, for the academic and clinicianFirst comprehensive handbook on the topic for 10 yearsThe latest research and findings presented in a single sourceContributions from eminent international clinicians and researchersPsychological treatments available for specific phobias have been refined considerably in recent years. This extensive handbook acknowledges these treatments and includes the description and nature of prevalent phobias, details of symptoms, prevalence rates, individual case histories, and a brief review of our knowledge of the aetiology of phobias. Key knowledge about phobias is brought together in this one critical and accessible handbook, which saves the busy clinician time and provides an authoritative guide to the literature. It is systematically compiled to act as a working tool providing an integrated, contemporary account of prevalent specific phobias, their treatment and theoretical issues concerning aetiology. The Handbook also reflects the important role of cognitive factors in psychopathology which generate and maintain phobic disorders, a process that is now recognized as important in their understanding and treatment.