title: Psychotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of psychophysiologic disorders.
abstract: The outlined treatment strategies are based on research findings. The techniques include repeated physical examinations to reassure patients with hypochondriacal concern and continuous empathy with the partient's distress; explanatory therapy which includes emphasis on the innocuousness of the phenomena, accurate information about the psychophysiologic processes involved, making the patient aware of his selective perception; deliberate suggestion when this is in keeping with accurate predictions and appropriate treatment of coexisting psychiatric disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000628:therapy*; D010808:Physical Examination; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*