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SUBMITTER: Hedman E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3798404 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hedman Erik E Andersson Erik E Andersson Gerhard G Lindefors Nils N Lekander Mats M Rück Christian C Ljótsson Brjánn B
PloS one 20131017 10
According to the cognitive behavioral model of severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis) four central maintaining mechanisms are how the individual perceives the risk of disease and how negative its consequences would be, attention to bodily sensations, and intolerance of uncertainty. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of these putative mechanisms in Internet-delivered CBT for severe health anxiety. We analyzed data from an RCT where participants were randomized to ...[more]