Illness anxiety disorder [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction The diagnosis of hypochondria has disappeared in the new classification of mental illness. About 25% of patients who were diagnosed with hypochondria now fall into the category illness anxiety disorder.
P. Hervias Higueras +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
Interoceptive accuracy and bias in somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, and functional syndromes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, and functional syndromes are characterized by burdensome preoccupation with somatic symptoms. Etiological models propose either increased interoceptive accuracy through hypervigilance to the body, or ...
Carolin Wolters +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Evaluation of the prevalence of illness anxiety disorder following the COVID‐19 pandemic in Iran and its related factors: a cross‐sectional study [PDF]
Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims COVID‐19 pandemic has generated a rise in psychological distress, such as illness anxiety disorder, apart from its negative physical effects.
Neda Mahdavifar +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
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
Ronak Fatahi +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Symptom Attributions in Illness Anxiety Disorder. [PDF]
J Clin PsycholABSTRACTObjectivesA major characteristic of health anxiety is the tendency to attribute benign bodily sensations to serious illnesses. This has been supported by empirical research in non‐clinical samples, and samples of individuals diagnosed with Hypochondriasis. However, no study to date has explored symptom attribution styles of individuals with the
Holden ML +6 more
europepmc +3 more sources
Short-term functions and long-term consequences of body checking as a transdiagnostic phenomenon across eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and illness anxiety disorder: a systematic review [PDF]
Journal of Eating DisordersBody checking refers to the repeated evaluation of one’s own body. As a safety mechanism, it is prevalent in various mental disorders, including eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and illness anxiety disorder.
Vanessa Hofschröer +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Psychotherapeutic approaches to illness anxiety disorder [PDF]
Eur PsychiatryIntroductionHypochondriasis was included in DSM-III up to DSM-IV TR in the category of „somatoform disorders,” and ICD-10 concurred with this classification. However, in the last editions of the DSM (i.e., 5 and 5TR), this entity has been transformed into „illness anxiety disorder” (IAD) based on its main clinical feature- the fear of having or ...
Vasiliu O +12 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Multiple Sclerosis initially presented as illness anxiety disorder. [PDF]
Indian J Psychiatry, 2022 BACKGROUND: The onset of asymptomatic or symptomatic MS may result in specific psychiatric symptoms, as well as the long-term evolution of psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric illnesses that develop several years before MS diagnosis have been documented in the literature, although the phenomena remains poorly understood. CASE DESCRIPTION: Mrs.
europepmc +2 more sources
The comparison of illness anxiety disorder with panic disorder based on meta-diagnostic cognitive structures: Pain catastrophizing and anxiety sensitivity [PDF]
Journal of Research in Psychopathology, 2023 Given the high coexistence of panic disorder and illness anxiety disorder, this study aimed to compare illness anxiety disorder with panic disorder based on pain catastrophizing and anxiety sensitivity.
Mohammad Rasul Mufassery +5 more
doaj +1 more source