While wearables provide reassurance for some people, for others they increase health anxiety.
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Health anxiety is real, common and costly – but healthcare has yet to catch up.
More than two years into the pandemic the world is a very different place. But this only partly explains different people’s responses to COVID.
Why is it so hard to disengage from daily case numbers? What should you do if, like a car crash, you can’t look away?
Clear messaging about who needs to get tested is better than stigmatising people who are understandably worried about their health.
There comes a point when we just have to let it go and give up control.
How do you know if your fears of coronavirus are out of control? And what can you do about it?
Stop constant checking and stay social.
If Googling your health symptoms is taking over you’re day-to-day life and is distressing you, here are some ways to get help.
When does a healthy concern about your health tip over into illness anxiety?
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Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW