About the study

GENERAL BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study is to help people who have health-related anxiety to cope with their concerns and bothersome physical symptoms that haven't gone away with medical treatment. We are comparing the effectiveness of a common antidepressant drug, fluoxetine (also known as Prozac) with counseling sessions aimed at helping you manage your medical symptoms.

The treatment will last 24 weeks, and include between 11-14 visits, depending on which treatment you receive. You will be paid for the research interviews, but not the treatment sessions, although therapy and study medication will be provided at no cost to you.

AFFILIATIONS
The study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is located at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.The hospital is situated in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a world-renowned center for health care, research and education.

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COLLABORATIONS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is collaborating with the Somatic Disorder and Heightened Illness Concern Research Program located at the medical campus of Columbia University Medical Center, within the Division of Therapeutics at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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