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Body
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Soma
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- overly preoccupied with their health or body appearance - no identifiable medical condition causing the physical complaints
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Soma
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Tied to psychoanalysis
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Hysterical neurosis
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Types of DSM-IV Somatoform
Disorders
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Hypochondriasis
Somatization
disorder
Conversion
disorder
Pain
disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
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Physical complaints without a clearing cause
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Hypochondriasis
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Severe anxiety focused on the possibility of having a serious disease
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Hypochondriasis
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People with hypochondriasis has a strong ... ...
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Disease conviction
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Very difficult to reassure them (in which medical reassurance does not seem to help)
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Disease conviction
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Does hypochondriasis have good prevalence data?
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No, it is lacking
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What is the onset of hypochondriasis?
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Onset at any age
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Hypochondriasis - acute or chronic?
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Acute
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2 causes of hypochondriasis
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Cognitive perceptual distortions familial history of illness
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Might interpret ambiguous stimuli as something negative and extreme --> once they focus on something they will increase their anxiety
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Cognitive perceptual illness
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Family has dealt with a lot of illness or genetic vulnerability tend to view life events as negative and generally had adults that modelled it
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Familial history of illness
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Treatment for hypochondriasis
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- challenge illness-related misinterpretations- provide some substantial and sensitive reassurance - stress management and coping strategies
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