International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372

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Burcu Pinar Bulut Author

Subjects of specialization
health Anx?ety

Affiliation
Ankara Hac? Bayram Veli University, Turkey

Biography

Burcu P?nar Bulut has completed her PhD at the age of 30 years from Middle East Technical University and worked at Ankara Hac? Bayram Veli University, Department of Psychology. In her thesis, she carried out a study of individuals having high health anxiety symptoms. She was a Lacanian oriented psychologist: She has been attending meetings about Lacan's theory for four years. She has published 4 papers in reputed journals, and made nine presentations at national and international conferences. She has also been serving as an editorial board member of Ayna Clinical Psychology Journal.


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Special Issue Article Open Access

A Helix of Anxıety: a qualıtatıve analysıs of the personal experıences of ındıvıduals wıth health Anxıety

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Burcu Pinar Bulut

The mind-body problem dates to old times. Hypochondria is at the center of the discussions about the psyche-soma relationship since it appears that individuals have physical complaints in the absence of “real” illness. The current study aimed to explore how individuals having hypochondriac complaints interact with their bodies and their experiences regarding the believed illness or anxiety about the illness. Furthermore, the way they establish a relationship with others, especially with physicians, other healthcare professionals, and with whom they try to get assurance was tried to be understood. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used as a method since it offers a systematic approach to study the subjective experiences of individuals by making a very detaile... view more»

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