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{{stub}} '''Health anxiety''' is a form of [[anxiety]] involving excessive fears and worries about illness that are out of proportion to the person's actual health.<ref name="FinkHealthyAnxietybook">{{Cite book | url =https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s_z03KmH8QoC&lpg=PA112&dq=%22medically%20unexplained%22%20delusional&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q&f=false | title = Anxiety Disorders: Theory, Research and Clinical Perspectives | last = Simpson | first = Helen Blair | last2 = Neria | first2 = Yuval | last3 = Lewis-Fernández | first3 = Roberto | last4 = Schneier | first4 = Franklin | date = 2010-08-26| publisher = Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139490665|language=en}}</ref> ==Theory== Health anxiety may occur in people with a [[chronic illness]], such as [[ME/CFS]], people with minor or temporary illnesses, and in healthy people. ==ME/CFS == The [[biopsychosocial model]] of [[ME/CFS]] assumes a person with [[ME/CFS]] ''must be'' fearful of increasing their level of activity or [[exercise]], and that this fear is an [[illness beliefs|illness belief]] that is not based on fact, but on exaggerated fears that exercise will be damaging to health.{{citation needed}} Effectively, this model assumes everyone with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] or [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] has no ongoing disease process and suffers only the effect of physical [[deconditioning]] and behaviors such as a poor sleep routine. The suggested treatment is [[Cognitive behavioral therapy|Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]] to address these fearful [[illness beliefs]], and/or [[Graded exercise therapy |Graded Exercise Therapy]], a behavioral treatment to gradually increase activity and exercise levels. [[Per Fink]] has proposed that the belief in having a serious physical illness is present in people with this diagnosis.<ref name="FinkHealthyAnxietybook" /> A mental illness does not exist may be incorrectly diagnosed in people with [[ME/CFS]]; some people with [[Severe and very severe ME |severe and very severe ME]], for example [[Sophia Mirza]] and [[Karina Hansen]] have been forcibly treatment in a mental health unit on the assumption that their [[ME/CFS]] symptoms were caused by a psychiatric condition. Some people will have health anxiety in addition to [[ME/CFS]].{{citation needed}} Conversely, in the [[International Consensus Criteria]], a somatoform disorder must be ruled out in order to diagnose ME. ==Evidence== [[ME/CFS]] is not a recognized form of health anxiety, and many people with it do not have any form of anxiety, or any other [[mental health]] condition.{{citation needed}} There is significant evidence of an ongoing disease process. ==Criticism== ==Notable studies== *2017, Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS<ref name="Spandler2017">{{Cite journal | last = Spandler | first = Helen | authorlink = Helen Spandler | last2 = Allen | first2 = Meg | authorlink2 = Meg Allen | date = Aug 16, 2017 | title = Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS| url = https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen_Spandler/publication/319157873_Contesting_the_psychiatric_framing_of_MECFS/links/599b082545851574f4ac5ba0/Contesting-the-psychiatric-framing-of-ME-CFS.pdf | journal=Social Theory & Health|language=en|volume=16|issue=2 | pages = 127–141|doi=10.1057/s41285-017-0047-0|issn=1477-8211|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen_Spandler/publication/319157873_Contesting_the_psychiatric_framing_of_MECFS/links/599b082545851574f4ac5ba0/Contesting-the-psychiatric-framing-of-ME-CFS.pdf (Full text)] ==Articles, talks and videos== * ==See also== *[[Hypochondriasis]] (hypochondria illness anxiety disorder) *[[Ethical issues]] *[[Pervasive Refusal Syndrome]] * [[Psychologization]] *[[Illness beliefs]] *[[Martha Mitchell Effect]] *[[Medically unexplained symptoms]] *[[Symptom focusing]] *[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] *[[Biopsychosocial model]] * [[:Category:Mental disorders|Mental disorders]] *[[Psychosomatic illness]] ==Learn more== *Wikipedia ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Psychology]] [[Category:Mental disorders]]
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