Illness anxiety disorder

Topic sh85063763 · RC552.H8 · id.loc.gov

Scope Notes

Here are entered works on a disorder in which the patient shows unrealistic and excessive fear and anxiety about potential health problems. Works on a disorder in which the patient has numerous, recurrent, and long-lasting bodily complaints that are not due to any physical cause are entered under [Somatic symptom disorder.]

Used for

Health anxiety disorder
Hypochondria
Hypochondriacal neurosis
Hypochondriasis
Medical anxiety disorder
Neurosis, Hypochondriacal
Passio hypochondriaca
Vapors (Disease)
Vapours (Disease)

Examples

Note under [Somatic symptom disorder]

Broader Terms (1)

Anxiety disorders

Hierarchy

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Narrower Terms (1)

Cyberchondria