A critique of cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders.
Progress in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders is reviewed. Significant advances have been made in treating panic disorders and there are promising signs of an expansion of cognitive theory and therapy to other disorders, notably hypochondriasis, obsessional disorders and circumscribed phobias. Nevertheless, some difficult obstacles have emerged to present serious problems for the prevailing cognitive theory.
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Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003071:Cognition; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000628:therapy; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000628:therapy; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome