Health Anxiety

Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions
Herausgeber: Asmundson, Gordon J G; Cox, Brian J; Taylor, Steven

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Produktbeschreibung

Health Anxiety gathers together original chapters by some of the world's experts on the clinical features and current theoretical understanding of health anxiety (with particular focus on hypochondriasis), assessment issues and approaches to treatment, and clinical and research features of conditions related to hyponchondriasis or that present with hypochondriacal features. A final section summarizes the main points of the previous sections and presents an agenda for future research. Key features of this important clinical text include: * Accessible accounts of current theories about the nature of health anxiety * Clinically based, empirically validated treatment approaches that reflect best practice * Comprehensive and critical coverage of important issues and a vast research literature * Up-to-date discussion of new developments and directions for future research All clinical and health psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and therapists in hospital and community care environments will welcome this outstanding reference text and clinical resource. Regardless of their clinical background or practice setting, they will find this a valuable guide to understanding and treating health anxiety. "Asmundson, Taylor and Cox have assembled a group of world class scientists and practitioners for this book. The chapters provide a wealth of information on the causes, assessment and treatment of health anxiety related disorders. I believe that their book is the most significant contribution to date to our understanding of health anxiety related disorders. Everyone working in the health field will find something of worth in this book." Ron Norton

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780471491040
• ISBN-10: 0471491047
• Artikelnr.: 21555313

Autorenporträt

Gordon J. G. Asmundson is a Registered Doctoral Psychologist and Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Regina. He received his doctorate in Psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1991 and in 2005-2006 trained as a Beck Scholar at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia. Steven Taylor is the editor of Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions, published by Wiley. Brian J. Cox is the editor of Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Foreword: Professor S. Rachman.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
PART I: CLINICAL FEATURES AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES.
1. Health Anxiety: Classification and Clinical Features (Gordon J.G.
Asmundson, Steven Taylor, Serperi Sevgur, and Brian J.Cox).
2. The Psychology of Physical Symptoms and Illness Behavior (ReneMartin,
Katherine Lemos, and Howard Leventhal).
3. Making Sense of Hypochondriasis: A Cognitive Theory of HealthAnxiety
(Paul M. Salkovskis and Hillary Warwick).
4. Personality Traits and Health Anxiety (Erin McClure and Scott
O.Lilienfeld).
PART II: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT.
5. Assessment of Health Anxiety (Sherry Stewart and Margo C.Watt).
6. Hypochondriasis: Boundaries and Comorbidities (Russell Noyes,Jr.).
7. Integrated Approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for IntenseIllness
Worries (Patricia Furer, John R. Walker, and Mark H.Freeston).
8. Pharmacological Management of Hypochondriasis and RelatedDisorders
(Murray W. Enns, Kevin Kjernisted, and MarkLander).
9. General and Cross-Cultural Considerations in a Medical Settingfor
Patients Presenting with Medically Unexplained Symptoms (JavierI. Escobar,
Lesley A. Allen, Constanza Hoyos Nervi, and Michael A.Gara).
10. Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety in the Elderly (Allison G.Snyder and
Melinda A. Stanley).
PART III: RELATED CONDITIONS.
11. Heart-focussed Anxiety in Medical and Anxiety-relatedPsychological
Conditions (Georg H. Eifert, Michael J. Zvolensky,and Carl W. Lejuez).
12. Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety among Pain Patients (HeatherD.
Hadjistavropoulos, Katherine M. B. Owens, ThomasHadjistavropoulos, and
Gordon J. G. Asmundson).
13. Psychotic Disorders with Hypochondriacal Features: Delusions ofthe Soma
(David Kingdon, Shanaya Rathod, and DouglasTurkington).
14. Death Anxiety (Robert J. Kastenbaum).
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.
15. Future Directions and Challenges in Assessment, Treatment,
andInvestigation (Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Steven Taylor, Kristi D.Wright,
and Brian J. Cox).
Author Index.
Subject Index.