Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians

289 Pages·2014·2.15 MB·English

by  Vladan Starcevic

Hypochondriasis

and Health Anxiety

HYPOCHONDRIASIS
AND HEALTH ANXIETY
A GUIDE FOR
CLINICIANS
Edited by
Vladan Starcevic, MD, PhD, FRANZCP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Sydney Medical School—Nepean
University of Sydney

and
Russell Noyes Jr., MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
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Hypochondriasis and health anxiety: a guide for clinicians / edited by Vladan Starcevic and
Russell Noyes Jr.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978–0–19–999686–5 (alk. paper)
I. Starcevic, Vladan, editor of compilation. II. Noyes, Russell, Jr., editor of compilation.
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Contents
vii Contributors
1 1. Introduction and Key Issues
Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes Jr.
8 2. Clinical Manifestations of Hypochondriasis and Related
Conditions
Laura Sirri and Giovanni A. Fava
28 3. Diagnosis and Classification of Hypochondriasis
Justine Nienke Pannekoek and Dan J. Stein
39 4. Relationships with Other Psychopathology and Differential
Diagnosis of Hypochondriasis
Vladan Starcevic
65 5. Assessment of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety
Susan L. Longley, Katherine Meyers, Rachel Maxwell, and Letizia Boin
85 6. Epidemiological and Economic Aspects of Hypochondriasis and
Health Anxiety
Karl Looper and Philip Dickinson
113 7. Course and Outcome of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety
Russell Noyes Jr.
128 8. Management and Physician–Patient Relationship
in Hypochondriasis
Russell Noyes Jr.
149 9. Cognitive and Behavioral Models and Cognitive-Behavioral and Related
Therapies for Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis
Theo K. Bouman
199 10. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Hypochondriasis and Related
Disorders: An Attachment-Based Approach
Scott Stuart
vi 222 11. Psychodynamic Models and Therapeutic Approaches
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Illness Anxiety, and Somatic Symptoms
Kelli Jane Kerr Harding and Brian A. Fallon
259 Index
Contributors
Letizia Boin, BA Kelli Jane Kerr Harding, MD
Department of Psychology Assistant Professor of Clinical
Eastern Illinois University Psychiatry
Charleston, IL, USA New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University Medical
Theo K. Bouman, PhD
Center,
Professor of Clinical Psychology
New York, NY, USA
and Postmaster Institute PPO
University of Groningen Don R. Lipsitt, MD
Groningen, The Netherlands Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Philip Dickinson, BSc, MSc
Boston, MA, USA; and
Department of Neurology and
Cambridge Health Alliance
Neurosurgery,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Faculty of Medicine
McGill University
Susan L. Longley, PhD
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Assistant Professor of
Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, MEd Psychology
Professor of Psychiatry Eastern Illinois University
New York State Psychiatric Institute Charleston, IL, USA
Columbia University Medical Center
Karl Looper, MD, MSc,
New York, NY, USA
FRCPC(C)
Giovanni A. Fava, MD Associate Professor and Director of
Professor of Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Education
University of Bologna Department of Psychiatry
Bologna, Italy; and McGill University; and
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo Jewish General Hospital
Buffalo, NY, USA Montreal, Québec, Canada
viii Rachel Maxwell, BA Laura Sirri, PhD
Department of Psychology Department of Psychology
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C Katherine Meyers, MA Vladan Starcevic, MD, PhD, FRANZCP
Department of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Illinois Institute of Technology Sydney Medical School—Nepean
Chicago, IL, USA University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Russell Noyes Jr., MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry Dan J. Stein, MD
Carver College of Medicine Professor and Chair
University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry
Iowa City, IA, USA University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Justine Nienke Pannekoek, MSc
Department of Psychiatry Scott Stuart, MD
Leiden University Medical Center Professor of Psychiatry and
Leiden, The Netherlands; and Psychology
Department of Psychiatry Carver College of Medicine
University of Cape Town University of Iowa
Cape Town, South Africa Iowa City, IA, USA
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