Cognitive Processes and Psychopathology

Cognitive and affective neuroscience and developmental psychopathology.

Can the connection between psychology and neuroscience provide a sufficient framework to support the study of the development of maladaptation and psychopathology? This Special Issue is devoted to papers that address this general issue within their specific domains. If we hope to provide a definitive answer to the question posed above, then it is important to know how cognitive and affective ne...

Investigating Cognitive Pathways to Psychopathology

Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are common after trauma, but it remains unclear what factors determine which disorder a trauma survivor will develop. A prospective longitudinal study of 222 assault survivors assessed candidate predictors derived from cognitive models of depression and PTSD at 2 weeks posttrauma (N = 222), and depression and PTSD symptom severities (N = 183, ...

Models and cognitive change in psychopathology

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Pupillary Responses, Cognitive Psychophysiology and Psychopathology

Cognitive psychopathology: The role of emotion

This paper examines the role of emotion in theunderstanding of psychopathology. The influentialCognitive Therapy model of Beck is briefly reviewedand a number of limitations are considered. Twoparticular weaknesses are highlighted in theunderstanding of cognitive psychopathology; namely,the importance of multi-level processing systems andthe importance of emotion. Th...