文档介绍：Fearing Others
Social phobia and disruptive social anxiety are features of the lives of
many thousands of people. But exactly what is social phobia? What
causes it? What is its nature and what kinds of treatments can improve
it? Using key concepts and methods and a substantive body of research,
this book aims to answer these questions and clarify social phobia by
means of critical discussions and examination of evidence. It takes
a skeptical stance towards the received view of social phobia as a
species of disease caused by a deficient inner mechanism and considers
and alternative construal of social phobia as a purposeful interpersonal
pattern of self-overprotection from social threats. The possibility that
social phobia might not actually exist in nature is also considered.
Fearing Others will appeal to researchers, clinicians, and students in
clinical and health psychology and psychiatry.
ARIEL STRAVYNSKI is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the
Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal.
Fearing Others
The Nature and Treatment of Social Phobia
Ariel Stravynski
University of Montreal
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© Ariel Stravynski 2007
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First published in print format 2007
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