The Essential Handbook of Social Anxiety for Clinicians

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-02266-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 615 g

Essentials of Social Anxiety is a shorter, revised paperback edition of The International Handbook of Social Anxiety, focusing on developmental and clinical perspectives. It is organized into two parts: The Development of Social Anxiety; and Clinical Perspectives and Interventions. Like the International Handbook, it covers research, assessment and treatment, giving clinical practitioners comprehensive coverage of the area and a single concise desk reference.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crozier, W Ray

Alden, Lynn E

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors vii

List of Contributors ix

Preface xv

Chapter 1 Constructs of Social Anxiety
W. Ray Crozier and Lynn E. Alden 1

Section One Origins and Development

Introduction The Development of Social Anxiety
W. Ray Crozier and Lynn E. Alden 27

Chapter 2 Biological and Environmental Contributions to Childhood Shyness: A Diathesis–Stress Model
Louis A. Schmidt, Cindy P. Polak, and Andrea L. Spooner 33

Chapter 3 Behavioral Inhibition: Physiological Correlates
Peter J. Marshall and Joan Stevenson-Hinde 57

Chapter 4 Origins of the Self-Conscious Child
Michael Lewis 81

Chapter 5 Behavioral Inhibition, Social Withdrawal, and Parenting
Kim B. Burgess, Kenneth H. Rubin, Charissa S. L. Cheah, and Larry J. Nelson 99

Section Two Clinical Perspectives and Interventions

Introduction Social Anxiety as a Clinical Condition
Lynn E. Alden and W. Ray Crozier 123

Chapter 6 Social Phobia in Children and Adolescents: Nature and Assessment
Ronald M. Rapee and Lynne Sweeney 133

Chapter 7 Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Psychological Treatments
Lynne Sweeney and Ronald M. Rapee 153

Chapter 8 Interpersonal Perspectives on Social Phobia
Lynn E. Alden 167

Chapter 9 A Cognitive Perspective on Social Phobia
David M. Clark 193

Chapter 10 Social Anxiety, Social Phobia, and Avoidant Personality
Thomas A.Widiger 219

Chapter 11 Social Anxiety and Depression
Rick E. Ingram,Wiveka Ramel, Denise Chavira, and Christine Scher 241

Chapter 12 Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment for Social Phobia
Meredith E. Coles, Trevor A. Hart, and Richard G. Heimberg 265

Chapter 13 Psychopharmacological Treatments: An Overview
Sean D. Hood and David J. Nutt 287

Author Index 321

Subject Index 329

Über Autor(innen)

W. Ray Crozier (PhD) is Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has published extensively on shyness and embarrassment as well as psychology of art and decision-making, and is the author of Understanding Shyness (Palgrave 2001) and editor of Shyness: Development, Consolidation and Change (Routledge, 2000) He organized the International Conference on Shyness and Self-consciousness held in Cardiff in 1977.

Lynn E. Alden (PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She also holds an appointment as clinical supervisor in the psychology internship program at Vancouver General Hospital. She has served as Director of Clinical Training at UBC, as President of the Canadian Psychological Association. In addition, Dr. Alden served as an Associate Editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research. She has published extensively on cognitive-interpersonal perspectives of social anxiety, social phobia, and avoidant personality disorder.