Contents

pp v-vi

List of contributors

pp vii-viii

An introduction and synthesis

pp 1-7

Andrew Mathews: a brief history of a clinical scientist

pp 8-26

Part I - Theoretical approaches

pp 27-28

1 - The positive and negative consequences of worry in the aetiology of generalized anxiety disorder: a learning theory perspective

pp 29-48

2 - Trait anxiety, repressors and cognitive biases

pp 49-67

3 - A cognitive-motivational perspective on the processing of threat information and anxiety

pp 68-85

4 - Maintenance or capture of attention in anxiety-related biases?

pp 86-106

Part II - Empirical directions

pp 107-108

5 - Habits of thought produce memory biases in anxiety and depression

pp 109-129

6 - Anxiety and the resolution of ambiguity

pp 130-148

7 - Dissociating fear and disgust: implications for the structure of emotions

pp 149-171

8 - The causal status of anxiety-linked attentional and interpretive bias

pp 172-189

9 - The experimental modification of processing biases

pp 190-210

Part III - Clinical perspectives

pp 211-212

10 - Maintenance mechanisms in social anxiety: an integration of cognitive biases and emotional processing theory

pp 213-231

11 - Mental imagery and social phobia

pp 232-250

12 - Experimental cognitive psychology and clinical practice: autobiographical memory as a paradigm case

pp 251-269

13 - Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

pp 270-289

14 - Clinical difficulties to revisit

pp 290-307

Index

pp 308-312