Direct and indirect associations of hypochondriasis with suicidality in psychiatric outpatients: mediating roles of anxiety and depression [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionAlthough both hypochondriasis and suicidality are common in psychiatric patients and related to anxiety and depression, their association in psychiatric patients remains unclear.
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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 HealthObjectiveThis 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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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 +7 more
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Risk of self-harm in patients with hypochondriasis: a population-based cohort study [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectiveThis study aimed to ascertain whether individuals diagnosed with hypochondriasis (HYPO) exhibit a heightened risk of self-harming behaviors in comparison to those without the disorder.MethodsIn this matched cohort study, we conducted a review of
Wai Kwong Tang +5 more
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Parkinson's Disease as Illness Anxiety Disorder: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsIllness anxiety disorder (IAD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by excessive fear and anxiety about developing a serious illness. Individuals with IAD constantly search for signs of serious illness, despite negative test results. This case report
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Perception of hypochondriasis among medical Students during COVID-19 at Tanta University, Egypt [PDF]
The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal, 2022 Background: Widely, it is believed that medical students develop symptoms of illness and fears relating to the diseases that they are studying. This phenomenon known as hypochondriasis or medical students’ syndrome (MSS).
Walaa Shehata, Doaa Abdeldaim
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Worry Postponement From the Metacognitive Perspective: A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial [PDF]
Clinical Psychology in Europe[Background] Pathological worry is associated with appraisals of worrying as uncontrollable. Worry postponement (WP) with a stimulus control rationale appears to be effective in non-clinical samples.
Clara Krzikalla +7 more
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Comparing Metacognitive Beliefs Between Hypochondriasis COVID-19 Patients and Healthy Individuals [PDF]
Majallah-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i Arāk, 2021 Background and Aim: The main purpose of this study was to compare the metacognitive beliefs of people with hypochondriasis Covid 19 and normal people. Methods & Materials: In this research, the causal-comparative method has been used.
Morteza Ghasemi +2 more
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Hypochondriasis between health and psychosis [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008 Considering the lack of clarity in the conceptualisation of hypochondriasis, it is not surprising that the concept is quite heterogeneous and that there are dilemmas in terms of what is encompassed by hypochondriasis and where its boundaries are ...
Starčević Vladan
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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 +13 more
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