Hypochondriasis: Conceptualization, Treatment, and Relationship to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-519

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Braddock, Autumn E ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Psychology   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646138709     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2006.02.008     Document Type: Review

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