Behavioural Treatment of Illness Phobia and Hypochondriasis
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 152 (2) , 239-241
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.2.239
Abstract
Illness phobia and hypochondriasis can be associated with severe disability and requests for reassurance. Exposure to illness cues and prevention of reassurance produced rapid improvement in both health anxiety and in social functioning. Our uncontrolled results warrant a controlled prospective trial with follow-up.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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