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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2015. Vol. 23, no. 1, 153–165
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Social cognition in anxiety disorders (review of foreing studies)

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V.V. Krasnova-Goleva

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Abstract

Social cognition is becoming increasingly popular topic of research, both in domestic and in foreign science. There is little data about the specifics of the process of social cognition of patients with anxiety disorders. The paper presents an overview of modern foreign studies of social cognition in anxiety disorders. Describes the determination of the specific disorders of social cognition in patients with post¬traumatic stress disorder, social phobia and some others. It is concluded that the contradictory findings and the need for further research.

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Keywords: social cognition, emotion recognition, mentalization, anxiety disorders, social anxiety

Journal rubric: Theory and Methodology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Krasnova-Goleva V.V. Social cognition in anxiety disorders (review of foreing studies). Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2015. Vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 153–165. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Victoria V. Krasnova-Goleva, PhD in Psychology, esearch fellow of the laboratory of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: v.krasnova@inbox.ru

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