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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THIRST AND DRINKING IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS ON A FLUID RESTRICTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2004

Linda Fisher
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

Abstract

Models of panic and health anxiety are used to explore the possible psychological processes contributing to excessive fluid intake in kidney patients on a fluid restriction. Some simple figures concerning the role of attention in thirst intensity are presented.

Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Copyright
© 2004 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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