A cognitive therapy model of social anxiety problems: potential limits on its effectiveness?
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 likely to present to mental health services with problems of social anxiety.
Hughes
Ian
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Department of Clinical Psychology, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, UK. bev.cubitt@cdffcom-tr.wales.nhs.uk
D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D016896:Treatment Outcome