Listing of all symptoms and how the patient interprets them |
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Formulation of worst fears |
Introducing possibility of alternative explanations (eg pie charts and pyramids) |
Evaluation of risk of disease |
Considering the price paid for health anxiety |
Exploring the hypothesis of fear of disease being more likely than actual disease |
Building evidence by identifying symptom patterns that are related to those of anxiety (ie diary keeping) |
Reducing behaviour that maintains health anxiety such as excessive bodily checking and reassurance seeking |