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Hypochondriasis and illness anxiety : a guide for clinicians /

Contributor(s): Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014Description: viii, 269p 24cmsISBN:
  • 9780199996865
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 178
Contents:
Introduction and key issues / Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes Jr. -- Clinical manifestations of hypochondriasis and related conditions / Laura Sirri and Giovanni A. Fava -- Diagnosis and classification of hypochondriasis / Justine N. Pannekoek and Dan J. Stein -- Relationships with other psychopathology and differential diagnosis of hypochondriasis / Vladan Starcevic -- Assessment of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Susan Longley -- Epidemiological and economic aspects of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Karl Looper and Philip Dickinson -- Course and outcome of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Russell Noyes Jr. -- Management and physician-patient relationship in hypochondriasis / Russell Noyes Jr. -- Cognitive and behavioral models and cognitive-behavioral and related therapies for health anxiety and hypochondriasis / Theo K. Bouman -- Interpersonal psychotherapy for hypochondriasis and related disorders : an attachment-based approach / Scott Stuart -- Psychodynamic models and therapeutic approaches to hypochondriasis / Don R. Lipsitt -- Pharmacological treatment and neurobiology of hypochondriasis, illness anxiety and somatic symptoms / Kelli J.K. Harding and Brian A. Fallon.
Summary: Presents a wide range of theoretical models and treatment modalities. Content is evidence-driven and provides a review and synthesis of current research. Includes a critical discussion of the diagnostic and conceptual issues related to the changes in DSM-5. Covers clinical manifestations, classification, relationships with other disorders, assessment, epidemiology, economic aspects, course, outcome and treatment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and key issues / Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes Jr. -- Clinical manifestations of hypochondriasis and related conditions / Laura Sirri and Giovanni A. Fava -- Diagnosis and classification of hypochondriasis / Justine N. Pannekoek and Dan J. Stein -- Relationships with other psychopathology and differential diagnosis of hypochondriasis / Vladan Starcevic -- Assessment of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Susan Longley -- Epidemiological and economic aspects of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Karl Looper and Philip Dickinson -- Course and outcome of hypochondriasis and health anxiety / Russell Noyes Jr. -- Management and physician-patient relationship in hypochondriasis / Russell Noyes Jr. -- Cognitive and behavioral models and cognitive-behavioral and related therapies for health anxiety and hypochondriasis / Theo K. Bouman -- Interpersonal psychotherapy for hypochondriasis and related disorders : an attachment-based approach / Scott Stuart -- Psychodynamic models and therapeutic approaches to hypochondriasis / Don R. Lipsitt -- Pharmacological treatment and neurobiology of hypochondriasis, illness anxiety and somatic symptoms / Kelli J.K. Harding and Brian A. Fallon.

Presents a wide range of theoretical models and treatment modalities.
Content is evidence-driven and provides a review and synthesis of current research.
Includes a critical discussion of the diagnostic and conceptual issues related to the changes in DSM-5.
Covers clinical manifestations, classification, relationships with other disorders, assessment, epidemiology, economic aspects, course, outcome and treatment.

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