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Learn about Health anxiety

Resources & Guidance

What is generalised anxiety?
What is generalised anxiety?

This a self-help booklet designed to help you manage difficulties with worry by using strategies to manage the thoughts, behaviours and feelings associated with worry.

What is health anxiety
What is health anxiety

Most of us know what it’s like to worry about our health at some point in our life. But for some people, worries about being ill or becoming ill are overwhelming and begin to take over their life. This level of worry is called health anxiety

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