Cognitive behavior therapy for health anxiety: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical efficacy and health economic outcomes

Introduction: Health anxiety, also known as ‘hypochondriasis’, is a common, distressing and costly condition that responds to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) but evidence pertaining to response and remission rates, treatment in routine care, therapist-guided Internet-delivered CBT (ICBT) and health economics has not been systematically reviewed.Areas covered: In this systematic review and meta-analysis we searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and OATD...