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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790908903321

Titolo

Hypochondriasis and health anxiety : a guide for clinicians / / edited by Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes Jr. ; contributors, Letizia Boin, BA [and sixteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-999688-1

0-19-937988-2

0-19-999687-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

616.8525

Soggetti

Illness anxiety disorder

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover 1; Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety; 1 Introduction and Key Issues; 2 Clinical Manifestations of Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions; 3 Diagnosis and Classification of Hypochondriasis; 4 Relationships with other Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis of Hypochondriasis; 5 Assessment of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety; 6 Epidemiological and Economic Aspects of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety; 7 Course and Outcome of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety

8 Management and Physician-Patient Relationship in Hypochondriasis9 Cognitive and Behavioral Models and Cognitive-Behavioral and Related Therapies for Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis; 10 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Hypochondriasis and Related Disorders: An Attachment-Based Approach; 11 Psychodynamic Models and Therapeutic Approaches to Hypochondriasis; 12 Pharmacological Treatment and Neurobiology of Hypochondriasis, Illness Anxiety, and Somatic Symptoms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the recently updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental



Disorders (DSM-5), the diagnostic concept of hypochondriasis was eliminated and replaced by somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians, edited by Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes and written by prominent clinicians and researchers in the field, addresses current issues in recognizing, understanding, and treating hypochondriasis. Using a pragmatic approach, it offers a wealth of clinically useful information. The book also provides a critical review of the