As an introduction to health anxiety treatment strategies, the mental health professional might be interested in a change in recently reported anxiety symptoms.
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- Taylor, S. & Asmundson, G., J. G. (2004). Treating Health Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. 40-52.
Update
Different Cognitive Behavioural Processes
Underpinning Reassurance Seeking in Depression
and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Smith, E., Carrigan, N., & Salkovskis, P. M. (2022). Different cognitive behavioural processes underpinning reassurance seeking in depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry, 77, 101774.
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Pollklas, M., Widemann, L., Lochschmidt, M., Plakhuta, A., & Gerlach, A. L. (2020). Cyberchondriasis: The effect of searching the internet on health concerns. Zeitschrift für Psychologie,228(2), 110–118.
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QUESTION
1 Why are the effects of reassurance short-lived in people with severe health anxiety? Record the letter of the correct answer to the CE Test.
