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Cognitive Psychology and Emotional Disorders, (2nd ed.) By J. M. G. Williams, F. N. Watts, C. Macleod & A. Mathews. Chichester: Wiley. 1997. Pp. xii+404. ISBN 0 471 94430 0. 19.99.
In 1988 Mark Williams and his colleagues published the now classic text in the area, their first edition of Cognitive Psychology and Emotional Disorders. In the time since this first edition, the area of cognition and emotion has moved on substantially, considerable credit for which must go to the present authors. However, one might wonder, is it not safer to leave classics to stand in their original form rather than update them? Would Stonehenge benefit from being turned into a skyscraper, or War and Peace benefit from the latest research on the Napoleonic Wars? At the core of this classic was the framework proposed by the authors...