Health Anxiety, Hypochondriasis, and the Anxiety Disorders

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Abramowitz ◽  
Bunmi O. Olatunji ◽  
Brett J. Deacon
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety

Health anxiety disorders in older adults: Conceptualizing complex conditions in late life

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1096-1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. El-Gabalawy ◽  
C.S. Mackenzie ◽  
M.A. Thibodeau ◽  
G.J.G. Asmundson ◽  
J. Sareen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Late Life

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento de cartilha sobre os benefícios da alimentação para reduzir a ansiedade em tempos de COVID-19: Relato de experiência

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-267
Author(s):  
Fernanda Da Fonseca Freitas ◽  
Jéssyca Camila Carvalho Santos ◽  
Anna Cecília Queiroz De Medeiros ◽  
Fívia De Araújo Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The University ◽  
Pdf Format

Este artigo possui como objetivo relatar o desenvolvimento de uma cartilha sobre os benefícios da alimentação para reduzir a ansiedade em tempos de COVID-19. O desenvolvimento do material foi realizado por discentes e docentes da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi e do Departamento de Fisiologia e Comportamento, ambos pertencentes à Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. O material pretendeu abranger a comunidade acadêmica e não acadêmica. As pesquisas que fundamentaram o conteúdo da cartilha foram realizadas nas bases de dados Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus, Lilacs e PsycINFO e o material foi dividido em três seções. A cartilha foi finalizada e compartilhada no mês de abril de 2020, em formato pdf, e possui 18 páginas. A linguagem utilizada foi coloquial, e partes do texto estão na voz ativa. O projeto de extensão universitária aqui relatado possivelmente auxiliou na promoção da saúde nesse período de pandemia, pois facilitou a disseminação de conhecimentos para a população. Nesse sentido, em tempos de pandemia, ações de extensão realizadas através do desenvolvimento de cartilhas podem ser consideradas uma estratégia benéfica, segura e acessível para a população. Palavras-chave: Saúde Mental; Transtornos de Ansiedade; Coronavírus; Dieta Development of a booklet on the benefits of food to reduce anxiety in times of COVID-19: Experience report Abstract: his article aimed to report the development of a booklet on food benefits to reduce anxiety in times of COVID-19. Students and professors carried out the development of the material at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi and the Department of Physiology and Behavior, both belonging to the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The material was intended to reach the academic and non-academic communities. The research that substantiated the booklet's content was obtained in the databases Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus, Lilacs, and PsycINFO, and the material was divided into three sections. The booklet was finalized and shared in April 2020, is in pdf format with 18 pages. The language used was colloquial, and parts of the text are in the active voice. The university extension project reported here possibly helped promote health in this pandemic period, as it facilitated disseminating knowledge to the population. In this sense, in times of pandemic, extension actions carried out through the development of booklets can be considered a beneficial, safe, and accessible strategy for the population. Keywords: Mental Health; Anxiety Disorders; Coronavirus; Diet

Anxiety Disorders and Health Anxiety Go Hand in Hand

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
SARAH PRESSMAN LOVINGER
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety

Death Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Furer ◽  
John R. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Main Components

Over the years, there has been a considerable amount of psychological research focused on death anxiety. However, little attention has been given to clinical aspects of this problem. This paper focuses on a practical approach to assessment and treatment of death anxiety for the clinician. We discuss situations where it is wise to evaluate death anxiety and provide questions to address this topic in a sensitive manner. Death anxiety is clearly a central feature of health anxiety and may also play a significant role in other anxiety disorders. While there is very little specific research on treatment of fear of death, research on the anxiety disorders in general and health anxiety in particular has facilitated the development of an approach we have found useful in treating death anxiety. The main components of this treatment include exposure to feared themes related to death, reduction of safety behaviors, cognitive reappraisal, increased focus on life goals and life enjoyment, and relapse prevention.

Catastrophic scenario in the treatment of hypochondriasis, OCD and anxiety disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1329-1329
Author(s):  
Z. Sigmundova ◽  
A. Grambal ◽  
D. Kamaradova ◽  
K. Vrbova ◽  
D. Jelenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Therapeutic Dialogue ◽  
Socratic Questioning ◽  
Somatic Diseases ◽  
Research Grant

Patients with strong anxiety, especially health-anxiety, obsessions and GAD are very often not able to describe concrete consequences of their putative somatic diseases. They block their thoughts due to strong anxiety attended this thoughts. In some instances the health-anxious patients try not to think about illness at all, by attempting to control their thoughts or by distraction. Our method is based on therapeutic dialogue, using Socratic questioning, and inductive which force patient to think beyond the actual blocks. In second step, patients are asked to think out all other possibilities of newly discovered future. They are forced to imagine the worse consequences of all dread situations. Dialog is led through one's serious illness status, with its somatic, psychological and social consequences, dying experience to moment of death, which has to be described with all belonging emotions and details. Further, we ask patients to fantasize and constellate possible “after death experiences”. In next session patient brings written conception of the redoubtable situation previously discussed. Than we work with the text as used in imaginative exposure therapy. Gradual habituation after several reading sessions, due to our observations, leads to remarkable release of anxiety symptoms, safety and avoidant behaviour. Supported by the research grant IGA MZ CR NS 10301-3/2009

Health anxiety disorders

Anxiety ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-162
Author(s):  
Stanley J. Rachman
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Health Anxiety

scholarly journals Treatment of Anxiety Disorders - The Role of Pharmacists

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Stanojevic ◽  
Dragan Panic
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Treatment ◽  
Exogenous Factors ◽  
Medical Teams

Abstract Anxiety disorders represent the group of the most prevalent mental diseases which may have serious negative consequences for mental and social health. Anxiety is generally treated with a combination of the psychotherapeutic treatment and pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy of anxiety implies the use of antidepressants, which are used as basic drugs, and an additional therapy with anxiolytics. This therapeutic approach in the treatment of anxiety disorders is accompanied by significant limitations. Adherence of anxiety patients is often insufficient due to the late onset of the effects of antidepressants, the appearance of adverse effects, the stigmatization of psychiatric patients in society and other reasons. Certain exogenous factors, such as an excessive use of coffee, smoking of marijuana, sleep disorders and personal problems, such as family problems or financial problems, can exacerbate anxiety and make it more difficult to treat it. Prolonged use of benzodiazepines, as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of anxiety, may be accompanied by the development of psycho-physical dependence. Finally, the drugs used to treat anxiety have a serious potential for the drug-drug interactions. All of these limitations may be completely or partially overcome through the active participation of Pharmacists as equal members of collaborative medical teams for the treatment of anxiety disorders.

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