Treating health anxiety and fear of death : a practitioner's guide / Patricia Furer, John R. Walker, Murray B. Stein.
"Never has our culture been more aware of personal and global health hazards, from both within and without. While most people may feel some anxiety in this regard, some have an unbearable sense of dread that prevents them from functioning.Chronic health anxiety—heightened fears of illness, dise...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
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©2007.
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| Series: | Series in anxiety and related disorders.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "Never has our culture been more aware of personal and global health hazards, from both within and without. While most people may feel some anxiety in this regard, some have an unbearable sense of dread that prevents them from functioning.Chronic health anxiety—heightened fears of illness, disease, and death—is a central feature of hypochondriasis, of course, but can also present as depression, generalized anxiety disorder, OCD, and other diagnoses.Treating Health Anxiety offers the professional reader not only an understanding of this condition, but also an easily implemented cognitive behavioral program for reducing fear of illness, overcoming fear of death, and getting more enjoyment from life, including:-Step-by-step coverage of the assessment process and therapy sessions-Client worksheets and self-monitoring forms-Specific guidelines for treating health anxiety in children and the elderly-Strategies for handling impasses and setbacks-Up-to-date guide to pharmacotherapy for health anxiety.As media attention to health issues increases, client fears of illness won’t go away any time soon.Treating Health Anxiety gives prescribing and non-prescribing clinicians (as well as the counselors and social workers who encounter the problem) the tools to reduce both the fears and the medical costs that so often accompany them."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780387351452 0387351450 0387351442 9780387351445 6610805024 9786610805020 |