Health Scares: Tracing Their Nature, Growth and Spread

[Background] Health scares are highly publicised threats to health that increase public concern and protective behaviours but are later shown to be unfounded. Although health scares have become more common in recent times, they have received very little research attention. This is despite the fact t...

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Main Authors: Kate MacKrill, Michael Witthöft, Simon Wessely, Keith J. Petrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2023-12-01
Series:Clinical Psychology in Europe
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.12209