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PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 605-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70183-0
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R29 MH049409] Funding Source: Medline
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Hypochondriasis, a disorder characterized by intrusive fears of illness and the failure to be reassured after checking with a physician, is considered an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder. The different presentations of hypochondriasis, some of which are like obsessive-compulsive disorder and others of which are more like depression or phobic disorders, are reviewed. The clinical course, comorbidity profile, family studies, and treatment response also are reviewed. Although a subgroup of patients with hypochondria clearly share many features in common with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the errant studies, however limited, suggest that the larger domain of hypochondriasis shares more in common with somatization disorder or generalized anxiety disorder than with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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