Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives

The third edition of Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives integrates examinations of social anxiety, shyness, and embarrassment with the research on social anxiety disorder subtypes, biological theories and cognitive-behavioral or pharmacological treatment outcome studies. Clinicians, social and developmental psychologists and behavioral geneticists have all conducted research over the past ten years which is essential to furthering our understanding and treatment of social anxiety disorders. This book weaves together research findings gathered by renowned minds across these various disciplines, and deals with both theory and research. It explores what constitutes social anxiety, assesses the condition and its relationship to other psychological disorders, exploring the biological basis and treatment approaches as well. Coverage includes key issues not discussed fully by other books, including related disorders in adults and children, relationship to social competence and assertiveness, perfectionism, social skills deficit hypothesis, comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, and potential mediators of change in the treatment of social anxiety disorder. From the Author: Although social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is widely researched topic in psychiatry, other disciplines, such as social and developmental psychology, have independently been studying the same phenomena for many years. Yet, there has been very little cross-discipline communication and integration. The main objective of the book is to integrate the findings on social anxiety from various disciplines, including clinical psychology, psychiatry, social psychology, neuroscience, and developmental psychology. The most comprehensive source of up-to-date data, with review articles covering a thorough delineation of social anxiety, theoretical perspectives, and treatment approachesConsolidates broadly distributed literature into single sourceEach chapter is written by an expert in the topic area, providing more fully vetted expert knowledge than any existing workIntegrates findings from various disciplines - clinical, social and developmental psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience - rather than focusing on only one conceptual perspectiveProvides a complete understanding of a complex phenomenon, giving researchers and clinicians alike a better set of tools for furthering what we know INDICE: 1. Terminology and Evolution of Constructs 2. Assessment of Social Anxiety and Its Clinical Expressions 3. Shyness, Social Anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder 4. Embarrassment and Social Anxiety: Distant Cousins or Close Kin? 5. Social Anxiety Disorder and its Relationship to Perfectionism 6. Social Anxiety Disorder as a Deficit in Social Skills 7. Social Anxiety Disorder and Its Relationship to Clinical Syndromes in Adulthood 8. The Relationship of Social Anxiety Disorder to Avoidant Personality Disorder 9. The Development and Clinical Impact of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents 10. Neuroendocrinology and Neuroimaging Studies in Social Anxiety Disorder 11. Genetic Basis of Social Anxiety Disorder 12. Temperamental Contributions to Affective and Behavioral Profiles in Childhood 13. Behavioral Theories of Social Anxiety Disorder: Contributions of Basic Behavioral Principles 14. Cognitive biases in Social Anxiety Disorder 15. Social Anxiety Disorder: An Information-Processing Perspective 16. An Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Social Anxiety 17. Social Anxiety Disorder and the Self 18. Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety 19. Psychopharmacology 20. Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatments-by-Dimensions Review 21. Comparison between pharmacological and psychosocial treatments 22. Mechanisms of Action in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder 23. Summary and Future Directions

• ISBN: 978-0-12-394427-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 600
• Fecha Publicación: 26/09/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés