A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Targeting Sensation-Based and Intrusion-Based Misinterpretations in Health Anxiety: A Single-Case Experimental Study

Abstract Health anxiety (HA) is common in psychiatric and medical settings. Cognitive models of HA highlight the role misinterpreting physical sensations as dangerous. This report presents case a 31-year-old man use cognitive-behavioural approach to treat his which also considers intrusions abnormal, by drawing on theoretical accounts obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A single-case experimental design demonstrated reliable improvements symptom measures general distress. Distinguishing sensation-based versus intrusion-based appraisals has implications for interventions health settings refining cognitive theory.