Cognitive Processes and Emotional Disorders: A Structural Approach to Psychotherapy (The Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology Series)

Part One: Theoretical Foundations -- Human Knowledge: Some Epistemological And Psychological Notes -- The Development Of Self-knowledge -- A Descriptive Model Of Knowledge Organization -- Maintenance And Change Of Cognitive Structures -- The Etiology Of Cognitive Dysfunction -- Part Two: General Implications For Psychotherapy -- The Nature Of The Therapeutic Relationship -- Assessment Of Cognitive Structures -- Psychotherapy As A Strategic Process Of Cognitive Change -- Part Three: Clinical Applications -- Depression -- Agoraphobia And Related Multiple Phobias -- Obsessive-compulsive Patterns -- Eating Disorders. V.f. Guidano And G. Liotti. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 323-335. It is almost a truism of modern biology that human beings are the product of a long evolutionary history which began millions of years ago from simple unicellular organisms or virus-like ancestors and their still simpler progenitors.