Igovskaya A.S.Published in:
Russian Journal of Humanistic Psychology
– Volume 4, Number 2 (April-June 2017)



Keywords: clinical psychology, creative self-expression, hypochondriasis, personality disorder, psychotherapy


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Abstract:

The article covers the study of psychotherapeutic aspects of hypochondriasis in difficult people. We consider a short-term creative self-expression therapy (Burno–method) of hypochondriasis with specific personality disorders. We pay special attention to the analysis of painful experiences based on the clinical model of psychotherapeutic methods with different manifestations of hypochondriasis symptoms in relation to personality disorders.

Highlights:

• In the world, hypochondria occurs in 10 % of all patients.
• Psychotherapy of hypochondria in the structure of personality disorders is poorly developed.
• The variant of creative self-expression therapy with the predominance of hypochondria supplements the traditional standard of treatment.

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