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Illness anxiety and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: Cognitive-behavioral conceptualization and treatment
Lauren A King1, John R Urbach1, Karen E Stewart1
1Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Richmond, VA, United States.
Abstract:
Eating difficulties are commonly present in medical and psychiatric settings. Some eating problems are resultant from fears about food consumption and can be conceptualized as anxiety disorders conditioned by perception of feared outcomes associated with eating and maintained by avoidance. The authors present a case in which a female patient with limited food intake is successfully treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Illness anxiety disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, both newly included in DSM-V, are applied in this case.
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