Hypochondriasis: Conceptualization, treatment, and relationship to obsessive compulsive disorder

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Hypochondriasis; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Ritualistic checking behavior

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 28844447365     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230500295339     Document Type: Article

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