Exposure therapy changes dysfunctional evaluations of somatic symptoms in patients with hypochondriasis (health anxiety). A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Weck, Florian ^a   Neng, Julia M B ^b   Schwind, Julia ^b   Höfling, Volkmar ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Exposure therapy; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Illness anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HEALTH NORMS SORTING TASK; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; ILLNESS ATTITUDE SCALES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMS AND OUTCOME SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUP THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84934902263     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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