1991/09/01 by Stephen Logsdail, Karina Lovell, Hilary M. C. Warwick +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Medicine · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
paper · doi:10.1192/bjp.159.3.422
openalex publication_date 2012/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Seven cases are described in which the central symptoms were fear of contracting AIDS, avoidance of related cues, rituals and reassurance-seeking. Associated features include previous illness phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment with exposure and response prevention (plus a cognitive session in one case), led to improvement sustained up to three months after discharge, although one patient stopped treatment prematurely. Controlled trials of behavioural treatment in hypochondriasis are required.