Attention and Emotion (Classic Edition)

<p>This is a Classic Edition of Adrian Wells and Gerald Matthews’ award-winning textbook on attention and emotion which now includes new section introductions. The book won the British Psychological Society book award in 1998 and is now widely seen as a classic in the field of emotional disorders. </p><p>Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective critically reviews the literature on attention and emotion and offers an integrative cognitive attentional model of the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. The authors also discuss the implications for clinical practice of attentional theories of emotional dysfunction. In the new section introductions the authors reflect on the influence of their ground-breaking model and the subsequent developments in the field 20 years since the book was first published. The book will continue to be essential reading for students researchers and professionals with an interest in disorders of attention and emotion.</p>