Hypochondriasis, its treatment, and exposure to the imaginative illness and death experience

Activitas Nervosa Superior Rediviva

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Praško, Ján ^a,b,c,d   Diveky, Tomáš ^a,b   Grambal, Aleš ^a,b   Kamarádová, Dana ^a,b   Látalová, Klára ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour; Hypochondriasis; Imagination; Imagination of death

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREATHING PATTERN; COGNITION; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REASSURANCE; SAFETY; SELF MONITORING; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 84865185810     PISSN: 1337933X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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