Article: New Directions in Research on Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: Commentary on a Timely Special Series

Article: Is Hypochondriasis Related to Obsessive-Compulsive ...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Although hypochondriasis (HC) is considered ... anxiety sensitivity, and body vigilance). Fifty treatment ... intolerance of uncertainty, body vigilance, and fear of cardiovascular ... discussed. Keywords: hypochondriasis; health anxiety ...

Article: Researchers from Vanderbilt University publish findings in ...
Biotech Week;  September 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... AS) and symptoms of hypochondriasis (a pattern of intense ... health anxiety (e.g., body vigilance) than others (e.g ... Vanderbilt University (see also Hypochondriasis). The researchers concluded ... AS in the development of hypochondriasis.." Olatunji and colleagues ...

Article: Hypochondriasis: meeting the management challenge: ...
JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... seriously ill. The latter may have hypochondriasis. The prevalence rate for hypochondriasis is between 20% and 7%, (1,2 ... point in clinical practice. WHAT IS HYPOCHONDRIASIS? Health anxiety becomes hypochondriasis ...

Article: Hypochondriasis
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders;      700+ words ...Hypochondriasis Definition The primary feature of hypochondriasis is excessive fear of having a serious disease ... examination finds no evidence of disease. People with hypochondriasis are often able to acknowledge that their fears are ...

Article: Current Directions in the Treatment of Hypochondriasis
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Hypochondriasis was once considered treatment resistant ... and pharmacologic treatments for hypochondriasis, supplemented by a meta-analysis ... the most effective treatment for hypochondriasis. Fluoxetine also is promising ...

Article: Hypochondriasis: Modern Perspectives on an Ancient Malady
American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... AND DON R. LIPSITT, (EDS.): Hypochondriasis: Modern Perspectives on an Ancient ... major authorities on the topic of hypochondriasis, have assembled an able team of authors ... Speckens addresses the assessment of hypochondriasis from a psychometric viewpoint, presenting ...

Article: Investigators at Columbia University have published new data on ...
Biotech Week;  January 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... and tolerability of fluoxetine for hypochondriasis, a disorder for which controlled ... scarce. Fifty-seven patients with hypochondriasis were enrolled: 12 discontinued during ... Clinical Global Impression rating for hypochondriasis of much or very much improved. Secondary ...