Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Health Anxiety and Heart-Focused Anxiety in Adult Congenital Heart Disease-A Single Case Experiment.

Health anxiety poses unique challenges in long-term conditions requiring symptom monitoring to prevent deterioration. In ACHD, the nature of health anxiety is poorly understood, and treatment must support health management without reinforcing anxiety. This case demonstrates reduced heart-focused anxiety and health anxiety in a 25-year-old female with ACHD following CBT.