Health-related fear is a normal and common response in the face of the global pandemic of
COVID-19. Children and young people are frequently being exposed to messages about the …

INTRODUCTION: The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) measures health anxiety in
medical and non-medical contexts. OBJECTIVE: To review the literature pertaining to the …

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to increase risk for the development of health anxiety.
Given that elevated health anxiety can contribute to maladaptive health behaviors, there is a …

The threat of a United States (US) Zika virus pandemic during 2015–2016 was associated
with public anxiety. Such threats represent opportunities to examine hypotheses about …

The current study is the first to longitudinally investigate the reciprocal relationship between
online health information seeking and health anxiety, ie, cyberchondria. Expectations were …

Health anxiety involves excessive worries about one's health along with beliefs one has an
illness or may contract a serious disease. Concerning evidence suggests that health anxiety …

The obsessive–compulsive (OC) spectrum has been discussed in the literature for two
decades. Proponents of this concept propose that certain disorders characterized by …

The present investigation employed meta-analysis to examine the efficacy of cognitive–
behavioral therapy (CBT) for hypochondriasis/health anxiety as well as potential moderators …

Background Cyberchondria describes the detrimental effects of health-related internet use.
Current conceptualizations agree that cyberchondria is associated with anxiety-related …

The features of severe health anxiety, intense and persistent anxiety about one's present
and future health, are described. In common with other anxiety disorders such as GAD …