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A cognitive therapy model of social anxiety problems: Potential limits on its effectiveness?
Author(s) -
Hughes Ian
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
psychology and psychotherapy: theory, research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 1476-0835
DOI - 10.1348/147608302321151916
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , anxiety , cognitive behaviour therapy , psychology , cognition , social anxiety , mental health , psychotherapist , cognitive therapy , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Cognitive therapy formulations of, and interventions for, social phobia are increasingly influential. In this article, relevant studies are reviewed and lead to a tentative conclusion that purely ‘cognitive’ interventions may, in fact, fail to provide optimum help for a large number of people likelyto present to mental health services with problems of social anxiety.