Psychiatry and Psychology

Hypochondriasis

Preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person's misinterpretation of bodily symptoms. (APA, DSM-IV)

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Abstract

Preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person's misinterpretation of bodily symptoms. (APA, DSM-IV)

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  • Hypochondriacal Neuroses
  • Neurosis, Hypochondriacal
  • Hypochondriacal Neurosis

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

NEUROSIS, HYPOCHONDRIACAL was HYPOCHONDRIACAL NEUROSES see HYPOCHONDRIASIS 1979-80, was HYPOCHONDRIACAL NEUROSES see under HYPOCHONDRIASIS 1969-78

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypochondriasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006998. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006998
  2. Hypochondriasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriasis
  3. Hypochondriasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105434