Overcoming Health Anxiety

by Owens, Katherine M. B., Ph.D.; Antony, Martin M.

• ISBN13: 9781572248380
• ISBN10: 1572248386
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

Written by two psychologists who specialize in treating anxiety, OvercomingHealth Anxiety offers readers effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)techniques for overcoming hypochondriasis and health-related fears.

Author Biography

Katherine M. B. Owens, PhD, is adjunct professor at the University of-Regina and clinical lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan, in Canada. Clinically, Owens serves as a senior psychologist in the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region Mental Health Clinic and as a therapist in private practice. Martin M. Antony, PhD, is professor and director of graduate training at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He is also director of research at the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre at St. Joseph's Healthcare and coauthor of The Anti Anxiety Work book, When Perfect Isn't Good Enough, and more than twenty-five other books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Understanding Health Anxiety	p. 5
Investment in Change	p. 31
Identifying and Changing Anxious Thinking	p. 49
Identifying and Changing Anxious Behaviors	p. 75
Tne Effect of Health Anxiety on Your Relationships	p. 99
Strategies for Dealing with Stress	p. 121
Medications for Health Anxiety	p. 139
Resources	p. 153
References	p. 155
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