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hypochondria
hypochondria (hy-poh-kon-driă) n. preoccupation with the physical functioning of the body and with imagined ill health. In the most severe form there are delusions of ill health, often associated with underlying illness, such as depression.
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hypochondriac n. —
hypochondriacal (hy-poh-kon-
dry-ă-kăl) adj.
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Unlocking a mystery // Hypochondria: a disorder coming out of the closet
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Columbia University - that Mr. A had hypochondria. Mr. A, however, was not convinced...convinced Mr. A that he did have hypochondria, it also convinced both doctor and patient that hypochondria is indeed "a serious medical illness...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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HYPOCHONDRIA GETTING A SERIOUS LOOK
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 8/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 08-18-1996 HYPOCHONDRIA GETTING A SERIOUS LOOK -- MANAGED...prevalent and much-maligned illness: hypochondria. New studies are testing medications and therapies for hypochondria -- the unfounded belief or fear...
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Hypochondria and Racial Interiority in Robert Montgomery Bird's Sheppard Lee
Magazine article from: The Arizona Quarterly; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...one nervous disorder in particular: hypochondria.1 They do so in order to imagine...racial boundaries. For although "hypochondria" survives today as a way to characterize...and early nineteenth century denned hypochondria as a functional disorder of the nervous...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Psychotherapy may help hypochondria
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...told the problem was in their heads. Hypochondria is a mental, not physical, illness...s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears...illnesses were real, Barsky said. Hypochondria is notoriously hard to treat, in part...
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Promising treatment found for hypochondria
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...told the problem was in their heads. Hypochondria is a mental, not physical, illness...s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears...illnesses were real, Barsky said. Hypochondria is notoriously hard to treat, in part...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Promising treatment found for hypochondria; Psychotherapy can help people willing to admit problems are mental
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 3/24/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...told the problem was in their heads. Hypochondria is a mental, not physical, illness...s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears...illnesses were real, Barsky said. Hypochondria is notoriously hard to treat, in part...
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Interview: Gene Weingarten discusses his bout with hypochondria
Transcript from: NPR Special; 8/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Weingarten discusses his bout with hypochondria Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 4:00...ALEX CHADWICK, host: So that's hypochondria from a serious medical perspective...or from what, do you think your hypochondria originated? Mr. GENE WEINGARTEN...
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Symptoms of hypochondria are worse than the disease. (Originated from Northwest Florida Daily News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/3/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...despite medical reassurance. Synonym: Hypochondria.'' That's what Taber's Cyclopedic...each morning. ``There's a little hypochondria in all of us,'' said A.B. Russell...What are the things that might lead to hypochondria? A parent's preoccupation with health...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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BOOK ON HYPOCHONDRIA HAS ILL EFFECTS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/22/1998; 700+ words
; ...disease. In truth, like alcoholism, hypochondria is not a moral weakness, but is a...pills that killed her. Q. Why is hypochondria on the rise? A. Medical insurance...feet long. Q. What is the cure for hypochondria? A. Finding out you have hepatitis...
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HYPOCHONDRIA and Its Discontents; This is not your ordinary memoir about confronting serious illness. For one thing, it's got too many illnesses. For another, it has too many jokes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...beginning of a lifelong engagement with hypochondria. For years I was a hypochondriac...defining moment. But the cure for my hypochondria occurred on September 17, 1991, a...myself. Though rooted in childhood, my hypochondria did not fully manifest itself until...
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Hypochondria
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Hypochondria More Than a Temporary Worry When Medical Reassurance Does Not Help What Causes Hypochondria? How Is Hypochondria Diagnosed and Treated? Hypochondria (hy-po-KON-dree-a) is a mental disorder in which people believe or fear...
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hypochondria
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
hypochondria is a condition in which a person believes...delusional component. Sufferers from hypochondria, or, to use the clinical term, hypochondriasis...symptoms and diseases. The onset of hypochondria is frequently in the 30s in men and...
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Somatoform Disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...symptoms.These disorders include hypochondria (hy-po-KON-dree-a), conversion...reference sources Conversion disorder Hypochondria Psychosomatic illness Somatization...suffering not from cancer but from hypochondria. He had been much too worried about...
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Psychotic/Neurotic
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...they denied a uterine origin, and hypochondria, to which they denied the hepatic...adynamias (to which he assigned hypochondria), spasms (including hysteria...of neurosis limited to hysteria and hypochondria and a broader meaning that embraced...
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Malingering
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...with malingering. For example, in hypochondria*, conversion disorder*, and Munchausen syndrome*. * hypochondria (hy-po-KONdree-a) is a mental...ill. See also Conversion Disorder Hypochondria Munchausen Syndrome School Avoidance...
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