Phobias
By: Heather Buchanan, Neil Coulson
Contributors: Coulson, Neil
Series: Palgrave insights in psychology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780230295360
Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias; Phobias; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General
Description: "Anxiety can come in many forms and guises, and this invaluable introduction focuses on specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia to give students a thorough overview of how these disorders are diagnosed and treated. The authors explore the impact of these disorders and why they occur, looking at cognitive, social, and biological explanations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introductory chapter; title: SECTION 1 - Specific phobias; title: Specific Phobias: Classification, measurement & symptoms; title: Development of specific phobias: Explanations and perspectives; title: Specific phobias: Treatment; title: SECTION 2; title: Social phobia: Classification, measurement & symptoms; title: Aetiology and treatment of Social Phobia; title: Agoraphobia: Classification, measurement & symptoms; title: Aetiology and treatment of Agoraphobia.