Adolescents' hypochondriacal fears and beliefs: Relationship with demographic features, psychological distress, well-being and health-related behaviors

Sirri, Laura; Garotti, Maria Grazia Ricci; Grandi, Silvana; Tossani, Eliana

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.07.002

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“…For example, based on data from a recent clinical trial, I found that patients reported experiencing their first episode of severe health anxiety between 5 and 67 years of age, and that their present episode had lasted for 0.5 to 49 years. The finding that high levels of health anxiety can be seen also in children and adolescents has been replicated in several samples 61,[105][106][107][108] .…”

Section: Prevalence Demographics and Natural Coursementioning

confidence: 78%

Cost-effectiveness and long-term follow-up of three forms of minimal-contact cognitive behaviour therapy for severe health anxiety: Results from a randomised controlled trial

Axelsson

Andersson

Ljótsson

et al. 2018

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Section: Prevalence Demographics and Natural Coursementioning

confidence: 78%

Cost-effectiveness and long-term follow-up of three forms of minimal-contact cognitive behaviour therapy for severe health anxiety: Results from a randomised controlled trial

Axelsson

Andersson

Ljótsson

et al. 2018

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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“…Another emerging area of intervention is concerned with strategies increasing psychological well-being in all phases of medical illness [179,180,181], from prevention (decreased well-being has been associated with unhealthy behaviors) [182,183] to rehabilitation (the process of rehabilitation requires the promotion of well-being and changes in lifestyle) [184]. Increasing well-being by Well-Being Therapy [179,180] may contribute to improving health attitudes and behavior, either in combination with other therapeutic strategies or as a first-line approach.…”

Section: Integration Of Psychological Care Into Medical Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Psychosomatic Practice

Fava

Cosci²,

Sonino³

2016

Psychother Psychosom

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Psychosomatic research has advanced over the past decades in dealing with complex biopsychosocial phenomena and may provide new effective modalities of patient care. Among psychosocial variables affecting individual vulnerability, course, and outcome of any medical disease, the role of chronic stress (allostatic load/overload) has emerged as a crucial factor. Assessment strategies include the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research. They are presented here in an updated version based on insights derived from studies carried out so far and encompass allostatic overload, type A behavior, alexithymia, the spectrum of maladaptive illness behavior, demoralization, irritable mood, and somatic symptoms secondary to a psychiatric disorder. Macroanalysis is a helpful tool for identifying the relationships between biological and psychosocial variables and the individual targets for medical intervention. The personalized and holistic approach to the patient includes integration of medical and psychological therapies in all phases of illness. In this respect, the development of a new psychotherapeutic modality, Well-Being Therapy, seems to be promising. The growth of subspecialties, such as psychooncology and psychodermatology, drives towards the multidisciplinary organization of health care to overcome artificial boundaries. There have been major transformations in health care needs in the past decades. From psychosomatic medicine, a land of innovative hypotheses and trends, many indications for changes in the current practice of medicine are now at hand. The aim of this critical review is to outline current and potential clinical applications of psychosomatic methods.

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“…Switching the general population to healthy lifestyles is a major source of prevention, particularly in the younger population. In adolescents, decreased well-being has been associated with unhealthy behavior, such as smoking, physical inactivity and insufficient sleep [64]. WBT may thus contribute to improve health attitudes and behavior.…”

Section: Emerging Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%