Fearing Others
Fearing Others
The Nature and Treatment of Social Phobia
Social phobia is commonly regarded as a kind of disease caused by a deficient inner mechanism, but it may also be considered as a purposeful interpersonal pattern of self-protection from social threats. Though a critical assessment of several theoretical perspectives, this book attempts to clarify social phobia by critically discussing four questions: what is social phobia, what causes it, what is its nature and what kinds of treatments can improve.
- Systematic and integrated examination of evidence gives clarity to arguments
- Sole author gives the book organic unity and clear perspective which is lacking in competing titles
- Addresses the question of whether social phobia actually exists which similar titles simply assume
Reviews & endorsements
"...a valuable tool for the practicing clinician and researcher. Stravynski takes the reader on an informative trip into the genealogy of the social phobia diagnosis..."
Robert A. Bischoff, PsycCRITIQUES
Product details
March 2007Hardback
9780521854870
450 pages
235 × 158 × 35 mm
0.854kg
29 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. What Is Social Phobia?:
- 1. Social phobia - a self-protective interpersonal pattern
- 2. The genealogy of the notion of social phobia
- Part II. What Is The Nature Of Social Phobia?:
- 3. Social phobia as a disorder of social anxiety
- 4. Social phobia as a disease
- 5. Social phobia as a hypothetical entity
- Part III. What Causes Social Phobia?:
- 6. Social phobia as a consequence of brain defects
- 7. Social phobia as a consequence of cognitive biases
- 8. Social phobia as a consequence of deficient social skills
- 9. Social phobia as a consequence of individual history
- Part IV. What Helps Social Phobic Individuals?:
- 10. The treatments of social phobia: their nature and effects
- Part V. Concluding Remarks:
- 11. Discussion and integration.
