Cognition and Emotion - From Order to Disorder - Grand Format

This fully updated edition of the highly praised Cognition and Emotion provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and traditional philosophical perspectives on both normal emotional experience and emotional disorders. Using a unique theoretical framework, this book integrates two areas which are often treated separately ; the main theories of normal emotions and theories of emotional disorders (e.g.
depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias). The authors also provide a comprehensive review of the literature on cognition and emotion, including coverage of the historical background and philosophy of emotion, and research on the five basic emotions of fear, anger, sadness, disgust and happiness. Cognition and Emotion provides a novel approach with a range of implications for clinical practice.
It will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on emotion.