Accuracy of self-referral in health anxiety: comparison of patients self-referring to internet-delivered treatment versus patients clinician-referred to face-to-face treatment

BackgroundSevere health anxiety is a chronic and costly disorder if untreated. Patient self-referral may lower barriers to treatment and decrease diagnostic delay.AimsThis study evaluated the accuracy of self-referral for severe health anxiety and compared characteristics of patients self-referred t...

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Main Authors: Ditte Hoffmann, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf, Trine Eilenberg, Lisbeth Frostholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-09-01
Series:BJPsych Open
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472419000541/type/journal_article