Encyclopedia: Hypochondriasis
Hypochondriasis (or hypochondria, sometimes referred to as health phobia) refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Often, hypochondria persists even after a phys...
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Hypochondriasis is a type of somatoform disorder, a mental illness in which a person has symptoms of a medical illness, but the symptoms cannot be fully explained by an actual physical disorder. People with hypochondriasis are very worried about getting a disease or are certain they have a disease, even after medical...
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It's All In Your Head...Or Is It? The Workings of Hypochondriasis As defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV), hypochondriasis is an unrealistic interpretation of one's bodily sensations as abnormal, leading to the fear and belief that one has a serious disease (1). This preoccupation with having...
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Overview: Hypochondriasis and the other somatoform disorders are among the most difficult and most complex psychiatric disorders to treat in the general medical setting. On the basis of many new developments in this field, diagnostic criteria have ... Hypochondriasis is usually episodic,
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The primary feature of hypochondriasis is excessive fear of having a serious disease. These fears are not relieved when a medical examination finds no evidence of disease. The fears of a person with hypochondriasis may be focused on the possibility of a single illness, but more often they include a number of...
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Hypochondria is a belief that real or imagined physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, despite medical reassurance and other evidence to the contrary. Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Hypochondriasis. In: Moore DP, Jefferson JW, eds. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2004:chap 92.
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Hypochondriasis, Hypochondriasis, or hypochondria, is an overwhelming fear that you have a serious disease, even though health care providers can find no evidence of illness. People with hypochondriasis tend to misinterpret normal body sensations as being signs of serious illness. No one knows what causes hypochondriasis,
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In hypochondriasis, people are preoccupied with the fear of having a serious disease or are preoccupied with the belief that they actually have a disease. These feelings are usually based on a misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations or minor physical symptoms.
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The Whiteley Index which is a widely used test to find if one suffers from hypochondria. Whiteley Index is a widely used test to find hypochondria. As with all tests the result must be interpreted cautiously. A high score is an indication that you could profit from talking Below is a list of questions about your health.
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