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The Hypochondriac - health anxiety unwrapped
Season 1 · Episode 63

The Hypochondriac - health anxiety unwrapped

Saving Lives In Slow Motion · Dr Ayan Panja

May 5, 202315m 40s

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Show Notes

It’s a word and characterisation we all know and use at times. Worried about your health? Perhaps too worried? What constitutes excessive worrying about one’s health?


This episode explores the reasons behind it and what can be done to help allay health or illness anxiety.


Links: 


Three Men in a Boat: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4921.Three_Men_in_a_Boat


Redefining hypochondriasis: https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/psychiatry-psychology/news/dsm-5-redefines-hypochondriasis/mac-20429763


Case study: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/neuroprogress/202005/how-i-overcame-severe-hypochondria


CBT based approach: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/well/a-new-approach-to-treating-hypochondria.html

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