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The necessity for cognitive behavioral approach is emphasized because cognition (thought) is not only playing a central mediating role in coping with stressors but also cognitive distortions are associated with the onset and maintenance of psychopathology. The goal of cognitive behavioral approach is primarily to help the patient uncover his/her cognitive distortions but is ultimately to identify maladaptive assumptions and modify them. This approach is not to cure but rather to help the patient develop better coping strategies to deal with his life and work stress. Cognitive approach includes identifying automatic thoughts and underlying maladaptive assumptions, testing automatic thoughts and maladaptive assumptions, cognitive challenge, generating alternatives and reattribution, self-instruction, and application of new assumptions. In addition, there are a variety of behavioral techniques, such as scheduling activities, mastery and pleasure, graded task assignments, behavioral rehearsal, self-reliance training, role playing, and diversion techniques.
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The published version of this book had missed to include the reference number [11] as follows: 7.6.2 Examples of Interventions [11] in page 78. This has now been updated.
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Koh, K.B. (2018). Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Stress. In: Stress and Somatic Symptoms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02783-4_7
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