Cognitive Therapy in National Conflict Resolution: An Opportunity. The Lebanese Experience

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Abstract

A.T. Beck (1976) years ago emphasized a conceptualization of the human mind, putting forth an intimate link between emotions, cognition, and behavior. He has detected the importance of and profit in working with schemas’ constellation in our attempt to understand, formulate, and modify dysfunctional cores that are maintaining mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, etc. This has been and is still one of the most robust platforms, allowing the field to evolve tremendously with remarkable input from researchers and clinicians who also are movers and shakers in the evolution of Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Alloy et al.

Keywords

Eating Disorder Conflict Resolution Conflict Situation Basic Belief International Negotiation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Psychiatry and Clinical PsychologySaint George Hospital University Medical CenterBeirutLebanon

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