{"product_id":"overcoming-health-anxiety-2nd-edition-a-self-help-guide-using-cognitive-behavioural-techniques-9781472146601","title":"Overcoming Health Anxiety 2nd Edition: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow you can stop worrying about your health and enjoy life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book not only helps sufferers to better understand the nature of the problem, but also provides them with the skills necessary to overcome it and to regain quality of life'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Paul Salkovskis, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of us have a tendency to worry unnecessarily about our health. For some the anxiety becomes severe and persistent. This can involve spending many hours checking for symptoms, seeking reassurance from others, surfing the internet for information about different diseases, or repeatedly visiting the doctor. It is distressing for them and for everyone around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn fact, health anxiety can be very successfully treated with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - the approach taken in this self-help guide. Using a structured, step-by-step approach the authors explain how the problem develops, how to recognise what feeds it and how to develop effective methods of dealing with it. This book includes: \u003cbr\u003e- Questionnaires, case studies and exercises\u003cbr\u003e- Chapters on fear of death and on medication \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvercoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, boith psychological and physical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADING WELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is recommended by the national Reading Well scheme for England and Wales delivered by The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians with funding from Arts Council England and Wellcome.\u003cbr\u003ewww.reading-well.org.uk \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeries Editor: Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Willson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eROB WILLSON\u003c\/b\u003e is a cognitive behaviour therapist in private practice with over twenty-five years' experience. He has a special interest in anxiety and obsessional problems, including health anxiety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Veale (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID VEALE\u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant psychiatrist in cognitive behavioural therapies at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and a visiting professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robinson Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453399339282,"sku":"9781472146601","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_255bd011-3fd8-42e8-a9f7-b86adc20bef2.jpg?v=1729845539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/overcoming-health-anxiety-2nd-edition-a-self-help-guide-using-cognitive-behavioural-techniques-9781472146601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}