Hypochondriasis - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Fixed belief in cognitive dysfunction despite normal neuropsychological scores: neurocognitive hypochondriasis?

30 Jul 2009 A subset of patients who present for neuropsychological testing report dysfunction in daily life activities secondary to cognitive deficits, but are found on formal testing to have no objective abnormalities, raising the possibility of ... Read more...

Measuring health anxiety: moving past the dichotomous response option of the original Whiteley Index.

7 Jun 2009 The Whiteley Index [WI; Pilowsky, I. (1967). Dimensions of hypochondriasis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 113, 89-93] is a widely used self-report measure of health anxiety, hypochondriasis, and illness phobia; however, the factor structure of the ... Read more...

Is hypochondriasis an anxiety disorder?

30 May 2009 Although hypochondriasis is currently classified as a somatoform disorder, the underlying cognitive processes may be more consistent with an anxiety disorder. This observation has important implications for treatment and subsequent revisions of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypochondriasis - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Fixed belief in cognitive dysfunction despite normal neuropsychological scores: neurocognitive hypochondriasis? 30 Jul 2009
• Measuring health anxiety: moving past the dichotomous response option of the original Whiteley Index. 7 Jun 2009
• Is hypochondriasis an anxiety disorder? 30 May 2009
• Cognitive-behavioural bibliotherapy for hypochondriasis: a pilot study. 4 May 2009
• The outcome of medically unexplained symptoms--will DSM-V improve on DSM-IV somatoform disorders? 29 Apr 2009
• New research on medically unexplained symptoms--much remains to be done before DSM V and ICD-10 can provide a satisfactory new classification. 29 Apr 2009
• Reexamining the domain of hypochondriasis: comparing the Illness Attitudes Scale to other approaches. 9 Mar 2009
• Brain dysfunction behind functional symptoms: neuroimaging and somatoform, conversive, and dissociative disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Disease phobia in patients with temporomandibular joint pain assessed by the Illness Attitude Scale. 30 Dec 2008
• The factor structure of the illness attitude scales in a German population. 30 Dec 2008
• Medically unexplained symptoms, somatisation disorder and hypochondriasis: course and prognosis. A systematic review. 14 Dec 2008
• Safety of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatric patients shortly after the occurrence of pulmonary embolism. 29 Nov 2008
• A double-masked, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine for hypochondriasis. 29 Nov 2008
• Fleeting phobics. 30 Oct 2008
• Decreased NT-3 plasma levels and platelet serotonin content in patients with hypochondriasis. 30 Oct 2008
• Determinants of quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome. 29 Sep 2008
• Frequency and severity of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome across the anxiety disorders and depression. 25 Aug 2008
• The Illness Attitude Scales. A clinimetric index for assessing hypochondriacal fears and beliefs. 12 Aug 2008
• Hypochondriasis and the self-perception of handedness: a critique of the use of hand preference scales. 30 May 2008
• A taxometric analysis of health anxiety. 17 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Hypochondriasis'

Definition: 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)

Descriptor UI: D006998

Alternative terms: Hypochondriasis; Hypochondriacal Neuroses; Neurosis, Hypochondriacal; Hypochondriacal Neurosis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.875.450;

Online Note: use HYPOCHONDRIASIS to search HYPOCHONDRIACAL NEUROSES 1969-80

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