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Article: Anxiety disorders and health anxiety go hand in hand.(Mental Health)(Clinical report)
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- Family Practice News
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- January 15, 2007
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CHICAGO -- Health anxiety is a prominent feature of all types of anxiety disorders, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
"Health concerns are present across the anxiety disorders," said Dr. Abramowitz, professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the obsessive-compulsive disorder/anxiety disorder treatment and research program there.
In a study of 157 adults who were patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where Dr. Abramowitz previously worked, 49 had panic disorder, 32 had social phobia, 21 had generalized anxiety ...