Contents of It's not All in Your Head by Asmundson and Taylor

5. APPENDICIES
Appendix A
Contents of It’s not All in Your Head by Asmundson and
Taylor (2005)
Part 1: Understanding Health Anxiety
In the four chapters of this section, clients learn about health anxiety and whether
they are suffering from excessive health anxiety:
1. Do I Worry Too Much about My Health?
� What is Health Anxiety?
o Health
o Anxiety
o Health Anxiety
� Are Your Bodily Sensations Imagined or Real?
� The Health Anxiety Cycle
� Common Health Anxiety Disorders
o Hypochondriasis
o Disease Phobia
o Somatic Delusions
o The Challenge
� How Much is Too Much?
� How This Book Can Help
2. Body and Brain: It’s Not All in Your Head
� Why Do Bodily Sensations Occur?
o Changes in Routine
o Inactivity
o Minor Ailments
o Anxiety and Other Emotions
� Trying to Understand Bodily Sensations: Symptom of Disease or Not?
o On Signs and Symptoms
o (Mis)Interpreting Signs and Symptoms
� Selective Attention
o Body versus External Focus
o Influence on Others
o Somatic Amplification
o Beliefs about Health and Sickness
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