Tackling health anxiety could save NHS over £400m a year, study finds Researchers find people who have had a serious illness fear it will happen again and symptoms persist when nothing is wrong
The NHS could save more than £420m a year by offering treatment for health anxiety and “cyberchondria”, a psychological ailment caused by people obsessively looking up their symptoms online, a study has estimated.
The study, funded and published by the National Institute for Health Research, said the savings could be made just on the costs of care in hospital outpatient departments, with research showing health anxiety fades and stays away after a course of therapy. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The NHS could save more than £420m a year by offering treatment for health anxiety and “cyberchondria”, a psychological ailment caused by people obsessively looking up their symptoms online, a study has estimated.
The study, funded and published by the National Institute for Health Research, said the savings could be made just on the costs of care in hospital outpatient departments, with research showing health anxiety fades and stays away after a course of therapy. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety in medical patients (CHAMP): a randomised controlled trial with outcomes to 5 years (open access) National Institute for health Research
- Anxiety over health 'caused by cyber-chondria' BBC News
- Britain's epidemic of cyberchondria The Daily Mail
- 'Cyberchondria' fuelling anxiety epidemic clogging up hospital clinics The Daily Telegraph
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