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18 Ιουν 2018 · In children, hypochondriac symptoms may include: · Regularly checking themselves for any sign of illness. · Telling you about a new physical complaint almost every day. · Fearing that anything from a runny nose to a gurgle in their gut is the sign of a serious illness. · Frequently asking their parent to take them to the doctor.
What causes hypochondria? Healthcare experts don’t know why some people develop illness anxiety disorder. You may be more prone to illness anxiety disorder if you have a family history of: Childhood illness or serious illness in your family during childhood. Childhood trauma, like child abuse or neglect. Extreme stress.
19 Νοε 2024 · Estimates of hypochondria’s frequency range from as high as 8.5 percent to as low as 0.03 percent in medical settings. The COVID pandemic, which combined a real health scare with isolation and ...
19 Απρ 2021 · Illness anxiety disorder, sometimes called hypochondriasis or health anxiety, is worrying excessively that you are or may become seriously ill. You may have no physical symptoms.
1 Νοε 2023 · Hypochondriasis lies at the crossroads of three diagnostic categories, showing overlap with both somatoform disorders (now named somatic symptom and related disorders in DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive-related disorders (OCRD).
Hypochondriasis, also sometimes referred to as health anxiety, is much more common in general health ward than previously accounted for. Thus, an efficient way of its management needs to be formulated and this review article helps to shed out light on the current treatment protocol available for hypochondriasis and their efficacy for the same.
Hypochondriasis is a somatoform disorder marked by recurrent preoccupation with fears of having a life-threatening disease despite appropriate work-up and medical reassurance.
