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P02-313 - Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Hypochondria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

O. Markovic
Affiliation:
Special Psychiatric Hospital, Kotor, Montenegro
K. Becir
Affiliation:
Special Psychiatric Hospital, Kotor, Montenegro

Abstract

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Hypochondria belongs to a group of somatic-formed deseases. It is actively characterized by somatic difficulties for which no organic cause was found. This desease often appears between the twenties and thirties and can not be related to the race, socioeconomic status or the level of education.

The traditional approach to the hypochondria is based on the process of reasurring the patient, making him believe that there is nothing wrong with him. This often leads toward the opposite effect.

On the other side, KBT approach offers the treatment that includes few steps: behavioral evaluation, education, self-motivation, cognitive intervention, behavioral experiments, working with ruminations, working with the patients’ continual need for being understood, their need to repeat medical researches, changing wrong assumptions, preventing relapse.

CBT approach also emphasises understanding of the difficulties, offers alternative solutions, helps patients become more correct.

Type
Psychosomatic disorders / Eating disorders / Somatoform disorders
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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