Candy Katoa, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

What:
* What is health anxiety? Include prevalence and brief examples.
* Challenging unhelpful thinking
* Strategies to reduce anxiety and reduce focus on physical symptoms
* Strategies to reduce checking and reassurance seeking behaviors
* Strategies to reduce avoidance and safety behaviors

When: This is helpful for providers to review and share with patients. Helpful for anyone who is struggling with anxiety around their health and trying to decide what is “normal” and what is “a problem”. Tips on how to get started on managing your troublesome anxieties around illness.

References:

Tyrer, P., Cooper, S., Tyrer, H., Wang, D., Bassett, P. (2019). Increase in the prevalence of health anxiety in medical clinics: possible cyberchondria. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 65(7–8),566–569.

Wilson, R., Veale, D. (2009). Overcoming Health anxiety: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques.Robinson.

Maunder, L., Cameron, L., Young, G., Leyland, M. (2010). Health Anxiety A self help guide.

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
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