An experimental analysis of hypochondriasis

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-424

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Moore, Elizabeth L ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure and response prevention; Functional analysis; Hypochondriasis; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Panic disorder; Spontaneous decay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAFETY; SICK ROLE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846380366     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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