Cognitive model of emotional disorder

Figure 3.2 The standard cognitive model of emotional disorder. Adapted with permission from Melanie Fennell (Fennell 2000).

When an individual is under stress, information processing becomes disordered and manifests itself as distorted thinking, emotional distress and associated maladaptive patterns of behaviour. In this model, cognitions mediate directly between stressful life events and emotional distress. 

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