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Health Anxiety


Health anxiety is also sometimes referred to as 'hypochondriasis', or 'hypochondria'. The NHS Choices website describes health anxiety as: "...excessive worrying about your health, usually to the point where it causes great distress and affects your ability to function properly..."
    We've put together some links to a number of websites and articles that provide further information about health anxiety. Click on the links below if you'd like to take a look at any of these websites and resources.

(Please note: the following links have been included for general information purposes only. For advice or a diagnosis for any type of physical or mental health condition, always speak to your GP or an appropriate and qualified healthcare professional.) 

Health Anxiety
(websites & links):


'Health Anxiety (Hypochondria)'
(NHS Choices)


'Health Anxiety'
(Anxiety UK)


"Health Anxiety Is Not A Joke - It Can Ruin Lives"
(article: The Guardian, July 2010)


'Health Anxiety'
(veale.co.uk)


'Am I Normal?' (Health Anxiety episode)
(article & radio programme: BBC Radio 4)


'Health Anxiety'
(neurosymptoms.org)


'Medically Unexplained Symptoms'
(NHS Choices)


IAPT Service Directory - Services for Depression and Anxiety
(www.iapt.nhs.uk)


'Could Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Treat Hypochondria?'
(NHS Choices)


'Can I Get Free Therapy or Counselling?'
(www.nhs.uk)


'Hypochondriasis'
(Wikipedia)


'Cognitive Therapy Study Hope for Hypochondria Patients'
(article: bbc.co.uk, Oct 2013)


'Find NHS / IAPT Counselling Services'
(NHS Choices)


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Other related
pages:


Generalised Anxiety Disorder
(londonocd.net)


Panic Disorder
(londonocd.net)


UK Charities
(links for various UK mental health charities)


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