ALLMedicine™ Hypochondriasis Center

Dec 1st, 2022 - Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental illness currently classified as part of the "Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders" (OCRD) chapter in both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) and in the IC...

Nov 22nd, 2022 - Compare patients diagnosed as DSM-5 type II bipolar disorder (BD2) vs. major depressive disorder (MDD). We compared characteristics of 3246 closely and repeatedly evaluated, consenting, adult patient-subjects (n = 706 BD2, 2540 MDD) at a specialty...

Oct 28th, 2022 - To explore the physical and mental health problems of front-line healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 across the three phases of the epidemic rescue mission (before, during and after) in China. A qualitative study was adopted using face to face, i...

Oct 26th, 2022 - Illness anxiety disorder is a condition of having a persistent fear of having a serious or life-threatening illness despite few or no symptoms. Current classification systems assume that illness anxiety is experienced relative to one's own health,...

Aug 26th, 2022 - Classification of hypochondriasis as an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) has generated new heuristics for treatment of this common, chronic and disabling disorder. Sta...

Apr 30th, 2021 - Severe health anxiety (illness anxiety disorder) or hypochondriasis, according to the psychiatric classification system ICD-10, is characterized by preoccupation with fear of having a serious illness, which interferes with daily functions and pers...

Mar 4th, 2020 - BACKGROUND Classification and comorbidity Hypochondriasis is broadly defined in the international classification systems for mental disorders ICD-10 (WHO) and DSM-IV (APA) under somatoform disorders as a preoccupation with fears and the belief of ...

Apr 25th, 2017 - Hypochondriasis is one of the most difficult psychiatric disorders to treat. People with hypochondriasis believe that real or imagined physical symptoms are signs of serious illnesses, despite medical reassurance and other evidence to the contrary...

Feb 7th, 2017 - Hypochondriasis or severe health anxiety is characterised by excessive, disproportionate and persistent thoughts, behaviour and emotion focused on physical symptoms and/or fear of developing a serious illness. There is often excessive worry about ...

Aug 11th, 2016 - Background: The central feature of hypochondriasis is preoccupation or fear of having a serious disease based on misinterpretation of bodily signs. Psychotherapeutic treatments have developed with focus on different aspects of the condition. Sever...

Jul 6th, 2021 - Hypochondria has been useful to my patients. I mean my own hypochondria.

Mar 31st, 2020 - Up to 20% of patients in medical settings experience health anxiety. 1,2 In DSM-IV-TR, this condition was called hypochondriasis, and its core feature was having a preoccupation with fears or the idea that one has a serious disease based on a misin.

Mar 31st, 2020 - Up to 20% of patients in medical settings experience health anxiety. 1,2 In DSM-IV-TR, this condition was called hypochondriasis, and its core feature was having a preoccupation with fears or the idea that one has a serious disease based on a misin.

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Is it hypochondriasis or "illness anxiety disorder"? Most physicians have some experience with attempting to care for people who are seemingly never satisfied that their health is sound. These patients can be draining to treat because they tend to...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Is it hypochondriasis or "illness anxiety disorder"? Most physicians have some experience with attempting to care for people who are seemingly never satisfied that their health is sound. These patients can be draining to treat because they tend to...