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Research on the influence mechanism of health anxiety on hypochondriasis in older adults from the perspective of digital health literacy theory: mediated by information search [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThis study aims to elucidate the correlations among health information search, health anxiety, and geriatric hypochondriasis, and to examine the mediating role of health information search behavior between health anxiety and hypochondriasis ...
Aojie Chen, Xiquan Wang
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A Comparative Study on Hypochondriasis Among Medical and Dental Students in Post‐COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Health anxiety can be common for health professions students and was elevated during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Differences in clinical exposures between dental and medical students can influence post‐pandemic hypochondriasis.
Shweta Darshan, Nikita Bodani, Abhishek Lal, Afsheen Maqsood, Naseer Ahmed, Sara Altamash, Artak Heboyan   +6 more
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Hypochondriasis: Clinical profile in a tertiary care psychiatry and neurosciences hospital in Southern India – A retrospective chart review [PDF]

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2019
Background: Hypochondriasis is a complex disorder in the realm of psychosomatic medicine, yet understudied in India. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical profile of patients diagnosed with hypochondriasis. Materials and Methods: Retrospective
N Pavithra, Ajit Bhalchandra Dahale, Geetha Desai, Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi   +3 more
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Validity and reliability of the diagnostic codes for hypochondriasis and dysmorphophobia in the Swedish National Patient Register: a retrospective chart review [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives In the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10), hypochondriasis (illness anxiety disorder) and dysmorphophobia (body dysmorphic disorder) share the same diagnostic code (F45.2).
David Mataix-Cols, Oskar Flygare, Volen Z Ivanov, Christian Rück, Lorena Fernández de la Cruz, Kayoko Isomura, Jens Högström, Daniel Rautio, Alba Vilaplana-Pérez, Martina Gumpert, Johanna Linde, Susanna Österman, Josef Isung, Sonja Krig   +13 more
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Direct and indirect associations of hypochondriasis with suicidality in psychiatric outpatients: mediating roles of anxiety and depression [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionAlthough both hypochondriasis and suicidality are common in psychiatric patients and related to anxiety and depression, their association in psychiatric patients remains unclear.
Joonyoung Lim, Haein Kim, Chaeyeon Yang, Hyeri Moon, Yunsu Kim, Jihye Ahn, Jihee Jang, Seog Ju Kim   +7 more
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) For Health Anxiety (Hypochondriasis): Rationale, Implementation and Case Illustration. [PDF]

, 2014
Recent research has shown that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) could be a useful alternative approach to the treatment of health anxiety and deserves further investigation.
A Greeven, A Heeren, A Wells, AB Thomson, AJ Barsky, C Papageorgiou, DA Lovas, DK Marcus, E Hargus, E Rassin, F McManus, F Raes, J Kabat-Zinn, J Michalak, J Piet, JD Teasdale, JD Teasdale, JMG Williams, K Muse, MJ Williams, O Gureje, P Salkovskis, SG Hofmann, SM Orsillo, TD Borkovec, U Wattar, W Kuyken   +26 more
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The global economic burden of health anxiety/hypochondriasis- a systematic review [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Recent studies have shown a lifetime prevalence of 5.7% for health anxiety/hypochondriasis resulting in increased healthcare service utilisation and disability as consequences.
Kawka Hannah, Kurtz Marie, Horstick Olaf, Brenner Stephan, Deckert Andreas, Lowery Wilson Michael, Baernighausen Till, Dambach Peter   +7 more
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Differential Treatment Response Between Hypochondriasis With and Without Prominent Somatic Symptoms [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Health anxiety may exist with or without prominent somatic symptoms, but the impact of somatic symptoms on treatment response is unclear. The study objective was to examine this question further as symptom burden may impact choice of type of ...
Brian A. Fallon, Brian A. Fallon, Cale Basaraba, Martina Pavlicova, David K. Ahern, Arthur J. Barsky   +5 more
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Validity of Current Treatment Protocols to Overcome Hypochondriasis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Hypochondriasis has been difficult to define and its classification amongst diseases has been blurred since, time immemorial. Though decades have been passed since its discovery and known to the people that the disorder is of the mind itself, the ...
Shrayash Khare, Meher Narain Srivastava
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Relating Differently to Intrusive Images: The Impact of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on Intrusive Images in Patients With Severe Health Anxiety (Hypochondriasis). [PDF]

, 2014
Recurrent distressing intrusive images are a common experience in hypochondriasis. The aim of the current study was to assess the impact of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for hypochondriasis on the occurrence and nature of distressing ...
A Barsky, A Ehlers, A Hackmann, A Hackmann, A Mykletun, A Wells, AEM Speckens, AJ Barsky, American Psychiatric Association, CR Brewin, CR Brewin, CR Hirsch, D Fergusson, D Pratt, DA Lovas, EA Holmes, EA Holmes, EA Holmes, EA Holmes, F Creed, F McManus, F McManus, HMC Warwick, J Cohen, J Piet, J Wild, JMG Williams, JS Abramowitz, JS Carroll, K Muse, K Somerville, M Haenen, M Nakao, MB First, MJ Williams, N Grey, NL Kocovski, O Gureje, P Chadwick, PA Frewin, PDJ Chadwick, PM Salkovskis, PM Salkovskis, R Noyes, R Steil, RA Baer, SB Morris, SG Hofmann, SJ Day, SJ Sherman, T Patel, TC olde Hartman, W Kuyken, W Kuyken, ZV Segal, ZV Segal   +55 more
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