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Hypochondriasis
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Hypochondriasis and other syndromes in which health anxiety is prominent are frequently seen in clinical practice and often pose problems of management. In contrast with other anxiety problems, the conceptualization and treatment of health anxiety has developed very little in recent years. Behavioural approaches to treatment have only recently been applied. In the present paper, current theoretical models are critically evaluated and a cognitive-behavioural approach is proposed to account for the development and maintenance of hypochondriacal problems. Principles of cognitive-behavioural treatment based on this approach are outlined, together with some suggestions for research.
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“SSD, in turn, is very much in line with mainstream theoretical approaches to chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms, notable examples being the fearavoidance theory of pain 3 and the cognitive behavioral model of health anxiety.33”
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“The cognitive-behavioral model of HA and hypochondriasis by Warwick and Salkovskis [58] postulates that the perception of normal bodily symptoms and their misinterpretation as harmful and as a sign of a serious illness as well as the mechanism of somatosensory amplification [59] lead to negative affect (eg, anxiety and worry).”
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“Third, past research has shown iCBT reduces maladaptive cognitions and beliefs, but no studies have examined the impact of iCBT on other key cognitive (e.g., intolerance of uncertainty, body hypervigilance) and behavioural (e.g., safety behaviours and avoidance) processes thought to perpetuate health anxiety ( Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990 ).”
From Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Psychoeducation Control for Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2018) · cites this paper as Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990
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“The program followed the protocol for MBCT for recurrent depression as outlined by Segal et al. (2002) but was modified for HA in that it was informed by Warwick and Salkovskis' (1990) cognitive model of HA.”
From Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis): An interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients' experiences (2011) · cites this paper as Warwick and Salkovskis, 1990
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“Third, cognitive-behavioural conceptualizations of HA have emphasized the role of heightened bodily focused attention in the maintenance of the disorder (e.g., Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990).”
From Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis): An interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients' experiences (2011) · cites this paper as Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990
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“However, for HA sufferers there may be less desire to alter one's life in order to cultivate a sense of mastery over their HA, since HA individuals' concerns are often about seeking and gaining medical attention and intervention (Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990).”
From Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis): An interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients' experiences (2011) · cites this paper as Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990
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“Disorder-specific cognitive-behavioural conceptual models of anxiety disorders have facilitated the understanding and treatment of anxiety in adults (Salkovskis, 1999;Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990;Wells, 1995).”
From Applicability of the intolerance of uncertainty model to Generalized Anxiety Disorder symptoms in young people (2021) · cites this paper as Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990
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“Finally, Warwick and Salkovskis (1990) place the misinterpretation of intrusions about illness (also of bodily sensations) at the centre of their model of hypochondriasis, leading to a series of behavioural, affective, cognitive and psychological reactions.”
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“The Warwick-Salkovskis model of health anxiety used in this study (Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990) does not address specifically the treatment of personality disorder.”
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“These effects can foster the development of more extensive and detailed risk representations (Cameron, 2003; Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990).”
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“Advancing research on catastrophizing of bodily sensations and health-related anxiety Cognitive behavioral models of health anxiety (e.g. Warwick and Salkovskis, 1990), and previous cross-sectional research, suggest catastrophizing of bodily sensations is linked with health-related anxiety.”
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“AS may contribute to the tendencies to be hyper-vigilant to bodily sensations and experience distress when such sensations occur, which are established aspects of the health anxiety cycle (e.g., see Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990; Abramowitz , Olatunji, & Deacon, 2007).”
A randomised controlled trial of computerised interpretation bias modification for health anxiety
Antognelli, S. L., Sharrock, M. J., & Newby, J. M. (2019) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.101518 · Cited by 22
Schmidt, E., Witthöft, M., Kornadt, A. E., Rist, F., & Bailer, J. (2013) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-013-9540-5 · Cited by 19
“Currently, cognitive and cognitive-behavioral approaches provide the most comprehensive theoretical framework to account for the development and maintenance of hypochondriacal concerns (Bleichhardt and Weck 2007; Warwick and Salkovskis 1990; Williams 2004).”
BackgroundA cognitive–behavioural approach to the management of idiopathic cervical dystonia
Faircloth, S., & Reid, S. (2005) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2005.07.003 · Cited by 19
A critique of cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders.
Rachman, S. (1993) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/0005-7916(93)90052-x · Cited by 20
Health threat increases attentional bias for negative stimuli
Kaur, A., Butow, P. N., & Sharpe, L. (2013) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.06.003 · Cited by 20
“These dysfunctional assumptions are thought to give rise to information processing biases that mean that information consistent with the health worries is preferentially perceived and attended (Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990).”
BackgroundExploring developmental trajectory of cyberchondria over time: A three-wave panel study
Zheng, H., Kim, H. K., Sin, S. J., & Theng, Y. (2022) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.tele.2022.101892 · Cited by 18
The Treatment of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Systematic Review
Wang, S., Zheng, S., Zhang, X., Ma, R., Feng, S., Song, M., Zhu, H., & Jia, H. (2023) · Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · doi:10.1080/15299732.2023.2231920 · Cited by 21
Weck, F., & Höfling, V. (2014) · Journal of Personality Assessment · doi:10.1080/00223891.2014.913253 · Cited by 18
“For example, the IAT–Hypochondriasis could be used to predict frequently observed hypochondriacal behavior, such as avoidance or reassurance behavior (see Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990).”
BackgroundPregnancy-specific health anxiety: symptom or diagnosis?
Rathbone, A. L., & Prescott, J. (2019) · British Journal of Midwifery · doi:10.12968/bjom.2019.27.5.288 · Cited by 18
Health anxiety and habitual rumination: The mediating effect of serenity
Wolfradt, U., Oemler, M., Braun, K., & Klement, A. (2014) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.030 · Cited by 18
Attentional bias toward personally relevant health-threat words
Lee, H. R., Turkel, J. E., Cotter, S. P., Milliken, J. M., Cougle, J. R., Goetz, A. R., & Lesnick, A. M. (2012) · Anxiety Stress & Coping · doi:10.1080/10615806.2012.713474 · Cited by 19
“However, given the central role of AB in current cognitive models of health anxiety (Abramowitz et al., 2002; Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990), further research is warranted on the association between AB toward potential health threats and illness-related beliefs.”
BackgroundSchwarz, D., Witthöft, M., & Bailer, J. (2007) · Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie · doi:10.1026/1616-3443.36.2.128 · Cited by 18
Asmundson, G. J. G., & Fergus, T. A. (2019) · The Clinician's Guide to Treating Health Anxiety · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811806-1.00001-9 · Cited by 21
Newby, J. M., Mahoney, A. E. J., Mason, E. C., Smith, J., Uppal, S., & Andrews, G. (2016) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2016.09.007 · Cited by 18
“CBT is based on cognitive behavioural models of health anxiety (Warwick, 1989; Warwick and Salkovskis, 1990) and uses techniques such as cognitive challenging, behavioural experiments and graded exposure to modify the cognitive (e.g., dysfunctional illness beliefs, and catastrophic…”
Method“Terror Is a Better Word”: A Qualitative Analysis of Dementia-Related Anxiety
Maxfield, M., Peckham, A., & James, D. L. (2023) · The Gerontologist · doi:10.1093/geront/gnad146 · Cited by 17
McManus, F. V., Muse, K., Surawy, C., Hackmann, A., & Williams, J. M. G. (2014) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-014-0318-y · Cited by 17
“Cognitivebehavioral models of hypochondriasis (Abramowitz et al. 2001; Warwick and Salkovskis 1990) were used as a basis for discussion of the processes which maintain anxiety about health (e.g., worry, rumination, checking, and reassurance-seeking).”
MethodPifer, M. A., & Segal, D. L. (2020) · Clinical Gerontologist · doi:10.1080/07317115.2020.1725793 · Cited by 20
“Previous studies have shown that older adults who perceive themselves as having more difficulty with memory also tend to have higher levels of anxiety (Kinzer & Suhr, 2016; Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990; Williams, Wasserman, & Lotto, 2003).”
ResultEffects of personal dementia exposure on subjective memory concerns and dementia worry
Lee, G. J., Do, C., & Suhr, J. A. (2020) · Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition · doi:10.1080/13825585.2020.1836119 · Cited by 19
“…of dementia worry falls in line with existing models of health anxiety, which posit that personal experience with an illness can lead to selective attention toward symptoms, and, thereby, heightened health anxiety (Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990; Williams, 2006; Williams et al., 2003).”
ResultGoodwin, L., Fairclough, S. H., & Poole, H. M. (2012) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105312456321 · Cited by 17
“…health anxiety mediated by selective attention in both genders; females who worry about their health appear not to report more symptoms directly as a result of this anxiety but because these top-down beliefs about health focus attention internally to bodily sensation (Warwick and Salkovskis, 1990).”
BackgroundIllness Schema and Level of Reported Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Crane, C., & Martin, M. (2003) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1023/a:1023561226173 · Cited by 17
Personality as a predictor of hypochondriacal concerns
Ferguson, E. (2004) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(03)00121-1 · Cited by 17
Metadata
- Authors
- Warwick, H. M. C., & Salkovskis, P. M.
- Affiliations
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- ORCID
- Salkovskis, Paul M.
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 105-117
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2911986200
- Semantic Scholar
- 23ea1c589ed8ff10851ee82876c1d45b5db0abcb
- Cited by
- 587
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 23
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- health anxiety, cognitive-behavioral intervention, cognitive-behavioral model, behavioral interventions, anxiety disorders
- MeSH terms
- Behavior Therapy, Humans, Hypochondriasis, Sick Role
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