Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Health Anxiety: A Comparison of Three Forms of Self-help

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01966705

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : October 22, 2013

Last Update Posted : November 5, 2015

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Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Erik Hedman, Karolinska Institutet

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	November 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :	November 2015

Publications:

Hedman E, Andersson E, Lindefors N, Andersson G, Ruck C, Ljotsson B. Cost-effectiveness and long-term effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for severe health anxiety. Psychol Med. 2013 Feb;43(2):363-74. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712001079. Epub 2012 May 21.

Jones FA. The role of bibliotherapy in health anxiety: an experimental study. Br J Community Nurs. 2002 Oct;7(10):498-504. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2002.7.10.10662.

Buwalda FM, Bouman TK. Cognitive-behavioural bibliotherapy for hypochondriasis: a pilot study. Behav Cogn Psychother. 2009 May;37(3):335-40. doi: 10.1017/S1352465809005293. Epub 2009 May 6.

Salkovskis PM, Rimes KA, Warwick HM, Clark DM. The Health Anxiety Inventory: development and validation of scales for the measurement of health anxiety and hypochondriasis. Psychol Med. 2002 Jul;32(5):843-53. doi: 10.1017/s0033291702005822.

Furer P, Walker JR. Treatment of Hypochondriasis with Exposure. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 35(3): 251-267, 2005.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Hedman-Lagerlof E, Axelsson E, Andersson E, Ljotsson B, Andreasson A, Lekander M. The impact of exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy for severe health anxiety on self-rated health: Results from a randomized trial. J Psychosom Res. 2017 Dec;103:9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.09.013. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

Hedman E, Axelsson E, Andersson E, Lekander M, Ljotsson B. Exposure-based cognitive-behavioural therapy via the internet and as bibliotherapy for somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder: randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Nov;209(5):407-413. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.181396. Epub 2016 Aug 4.

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