10 Minute CBT in Primary Care: Health Anxiety and Medically Unexplained Symptoms

The training provided by this DVD is designed for a wide range of primary care health professionals including GPs, nurses, occupational health, rehabilitation and many others. This DVD will help busy health professionals learn effective cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) skills to use in primary care consultations with patients presenting with health anxiety, medically unexplained symptoms and functional somatic disorders. Key features include:
• Management of patients with high levels of anxiety about health
• How to build rapport and avoid excessive investigations and referrals
• Managing frequent attendances at primary care services
• CBT strategies to encourage self-management and facilitate behavioural change
• Patients presenting with 'tired all the time' and chronic fatigue
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