39. Illness Anxiety

The Other Human in the Room · Dec 19, 2022 · 46m

Anyone who works in healthcare encounters illness anxiety on a daily (if not hourly) basis. Anxiety about getting sick is a driving factor behind so much healthcare utilization, and can be draining for healthcare clinicians as well. Joan explores the most important thing to do when encountering illness anxiety in your patients: addressing the illness anxiety that exists in YOUR brain. Episode Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1laPFQTJLtUc_7j3F8dSQZmbF0FNznYZ4xewst67sV28/edit?usp=sharing Free email course on How to Stop Worrying About Your Patient? Sign up here…