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- Alternate name: Hypochondriasis
- Affects about 3% of the population
- Varies in intensity
- Psychotherapy is often used in treatment
- Often accompanied by OCD
- Prevalence: 0.8-4.5% in primary care settingeMedicine: Hypochodriasis
- Occurs equally in men and womeneMedicine: Hypochodriasis
- Usually begins in early adulthoodeMedicine: Hypochodriasis
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A person with hypochondria, a mental condition, suffers from excessive anxiety over having a serious illness.MayoClinic.com: Hypochondria Healthy prognoses from doctors and medical professionals offer a hypochondriac little reassurance. Additionally, if a hypochondriac does have a medical illness, their concerns are often far greater than what is appropriate for the disease.WebMD: Mental Health: Hypochondriasis
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NYC TONIGHT @ The Kitchen "The Art of Hypochondria," with D. Graham Burnett, Brian Dillon, and Marina van Zuylen http://j.mp/aUhIwA
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@202Friends Jack Shit about OCD. Hypochondria much Fez? People with REAL OCD's laugh at you Fez.
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Whoops, there was a new Moral Example yesterday but the tweet got eaten by my hypochondria.
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Was in the doctors office for a physical this morning. I hope what I've come down with is germ hypochondria and not really something.
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The Art of Hypochondria: Feb 9 http://bit.ly/dr7JDO
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