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This seems fairly subtle, not to say nonsensical.

People aren't treated for covid; they're treated for complaining about their symptoms

They're not treated for anxiety; they're treated for complaining about anxiety.

They're not treated for migraine headaches; they're treated for complaining about headaches.

They're not treated for gout; they're treated for complaining about their big toe.

Except the whole premise is that we know empirically that interpretation (a behavior) can alter the "medical" outcome.

Anxiety is the only of your examples that's kind of similar, and, likewise, anxiety is highly amenable to cognition-based therapies.

I don't know what we're arguing about, but it seems rather subtle, except maybe to you. Why does it matter that "anxiety is highly amenable to cognition-based therapies?"

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