Promising treatment found for hypochondria AP Worldstream | March 24, 2004| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
AP Worldstream
03-24-2004
Dateline: CHICAGO
They're the butt of "sick" jokes, accused of faking illness, and stigmatized by Woody Allen-esque stereotypes depicting hypochondriacs as hopelessly, humorously neurotic.

No wonder many patients and doctors prefer the term "health anxiety" instead of hypochondria, an often misunderstood psychiatric ailment for which there's been little evidence of effective treatment _ until now, with the publication of new data showing psychotherapy can help.

But the treatment has its limits: A quarter of the patients quit after ...

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