Recent years have seen major advances in the understanding andtreatment of health anxiety and hypochondriasis, particulary inrelation to the cognitive behavioural approach to anxiety. Thisvolume brings together this knowledge of psychological andpharmacological treatments of health anxiety, and relates it to aconceptual framework which provides a basis for assessment,treatment and ongoing research. "Asmundson, Taylor and Cox have assembled a group of world classscientists and practitioners for this book. The chapters provide awealth of information on the causes, assessment and treatment ofhealth anxiety related disorders. I believe that their book is themost significant contribution to date to our understanding ofhealth anxiety related disorders. Everyone working in the healthfield will find something of worth in this book." G. Ron Norton, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, University of Winnipeg,Canada
This volume brings together the major advances in the psychological and pharmacological treatments of health anxiety - the preoccupation with the fear of having a serious disease or illness - and relates it to a conceptual framework that provides a basis for assessment, treatment, and ongoing research.
