The effects of attention training on the perception of bodily sensations in patients with hypochondriasis: A randomized controlled pilot trial

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 514-520

  Weck, Florian ^a   Neng, Julia M B ^a   Stangier, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention training; Body focused attention; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84877979297     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9482-3     Document Type: Article

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