This 1.5 hour presentation will focus on empirically supported treatments for health anxiety and related disorders, with a specific focus on cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based interventions. The presentation will begin with an overview of health anxiety etiology, symptoms, assessment, and typical clinical presentation, followed by a discussion of evidence-based interventions. Case examples will be discussed for further elucidation of the disorder and application of the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to mitigate symptoms. The use of easily accessible assessments will also be discussed, geared particularly for practitioners functioning as individual therapists.
This 1.5 hour presentation will focus on empirically supported treatments for health anxiety and related disorders, with a specific focus on cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based interventions. The presentation will begin with an overview of health anxiety etiology, symptoms, assessment, and typical clinical presentation, followed by a discussion of evidence-based interventions. Case examples will be discussed for further elucidation of the disorder and application of the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to mitigate symptoms. The use of easily accessible assessments will also be discussed, geared particularly for practitioners functioning as individual therapists.
Objective 1:
Identify, diagnose, and accurately assess health anxiety, as well as the DSM-5 disorders associated with this disorder.
Objective 2:
Explain the core components of the cognitive-behavioral model of treating health anxiety.
Objective 3:
Identify and apply a variety of cognitive-behavioral interventions that can be used in the individual therapy setting to mitigate symptoms of health anxiety and related disorders.
