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Hypochondriasis

Known as: Hypochondriacal Neurosis, HYPOCHONDRIA, Hypochondriasis [Disease/Finding] 
Preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person's misinterpretation of bodily symptoms. (APA… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anxiety States, NeuroticAtypical somatoform disorderBody Dysmorphic DisordersConversion disorder

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Mental disorders

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Modifiers of patient-controlled analgesia efficacy. I. Locus of control
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Depression and abnormal illness behavior in cancer patients.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Elevated MMPI scores for hypochondriasis, depression, and hysteria in patients with rheumatoid arthritis reflect disease rather than psychological status.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales for Hypochondriasis, Depression, and Hysteria were studied in… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Hypochondriacal fears and beliefs in DSM-III melancholia. Changes with amitriptyline.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Somatization Disorder in Primary Care
The dilemma of the patient presenting with multiple somatic symptoms is a common one for the general physician. The patient may… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Exercise-associated amenorrhea: A distinct entity?ab
Review
1976
Review
1976
The Nature of Bodily Symptoms
Summary Psychiatric descriptions of bodily symptoms have usually been derived from narrowly restricted clinical experience. It is… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Pain and illness behaviour: a comparative study.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
A national assessment of propoxyphene in postmortem medicolegal investigation, 1972-1975.
Eighteen medical examiners, coroners, and forensic science laboratories and offices, representing a total jurisdictional… 
Review
1954
Review
1954
The natural history, treatment and prognosis of anorexia nervosa, based on a study of 38 patients.
1. The family histories, childhood environment, and previous mental health of 38 patients with the syndrome known as “anorexia… 
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