Psychological treatments have proven very effective in treating a wide spectrum of psychiatric syndromes, including depression, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bulimia nervosa, hypochondriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, premenstrual syndrome and social phobia. Science and Practice of Cognitive Behavior Therapy provides a summary of the current literature and a useful examination of the science and practice within cognitive behavior therapy. Both David Clark and Christopher Fairburn are acknowledged experts in the field and have succeeded in bringing together some of the world's foremost authorities in psychiatry. Topics covered include: the scientific foundations of cognitive behavior therapy, efficacy and dissemination of psychological treatments, panic disorders and social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sex therapy, and attempted suicide.

• Part One


• The evolution of cognitive behaviour therapy


• The Scientific foundations of cognitive behaviour therapy


• Information processing biases in emotional disorders


• The relationship between cognition and emotion: the mind-in-place in mood disorders


• Efficacy and dissemination of psychological treatments


• Part Two


• Panic disorder and social phobia


• Generalised anxiety disorder


• Obsessive-compulsive disorder


• Eating disorders


• Sex therapy


• Depression


• Attempted suicide


• Hypochondriasis


• Atypical chest pain


• Chronic fatigue


• Problem-solving treatments in primary care