Earlier, we defined the neurotic temperament as the tendency to experience frequent and intense negative emotions in ... It is also widely accepted that beyond exaggerated negative emotionality, neurotic temperament (or neuroticism) is ...
Author: Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 9781462547180
Category: Medical
Page: 270
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Neuroticism--the tendency to experience negative emotions, along with the perception that the world is filled with stressful, unmanageable challenges--is strongly associated with anxiety, depression, and other common mental health conditions. This state-of-the-art work shows how targeting this trait in psychotherapy can benefit a broad range of clients and reduce the need for disorder-specific interventions. The prominent authors describe and illustrate evidence-based therapies that address neuroticism directly, including their own Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment. They examine how neuroticism develops and is maintained, its relation to psychopathology, and implications for how psychological disorders are classified and diagnosed.