Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for hypochondriasis, or severe health anxiety: A pilot study
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In spite of the existence of evidence-based treatments for hypochondriasis, or severe health anxiety, recovery rates are low and morbidity is high. Therefore, more treatment options are needed for this prevalent condition. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) interventions have been gaining research and clinical attention for the treatment of mood, and more recently anxiety disorders. A small, uncontrolled pilot study of an 8-week group MBCT intervention for hypochondriasis was conducted. Ten subjects (five females and five males) with a mean age of 35.6 (range=25-59) recruited from an academic community health network met criteria and completed the study. There were significant improvements in measures of health anxiety, disease-related thoughts, somatic symptoms, and mindfulness at the end of treatment, and these benefits were sustained at 3-month follow-up. Participants evidenced high treatment satisfaction, with no drop-outs or adverse events. These findings provide the basis for a larger, more rigorous, controlled trial of this promising treatment approach.
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Mindfulness interventions have been shown to successfully decrease health anxiety.
“Although mindfulness interventions have been shown to successfully decrease health anxiety (Eilenberg, Kronstrand, Fink, & Frostholm, 2013; Lovas & Barsky, 2010; McManus, Surawy, Muse, Vazquez-Montes, & Williams, 2012)”
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- Authors
- Lovas, D. A., & Barsky, A. J.
- Affiliations
- Cambridge Health Alliance (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lovas, David A.
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 931-935
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993255966
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 11.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, health anxiety, somatic symptoms, group therapy, treatment satisfaction, sustained treatment effects
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Hypochondriasis, Male, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Mind-Body Therapies
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