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Illness Anxiety Disorder Overview

Illness Anxiety Disorder, also known as hypochondriasis, is characterized by excessive worries about having a serious illness. The worries persist despite medical evaluations providing reassurance that nothing is wrong. This causes significant distress and impacts one's life. Treatment involves medication and cognitive behavioral therapy to help manage excessive health anxiety.

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Illness Anxiety Disorder Overview

Illness Anxiety Disorder, also known as hypochondriasis, is characterized by excessive worries about having a serious illness. The worries persist despite medical evaluations providing reassurance that nothing is wrong. This causes significant distress and impacts one's life. Treatment involves medication and cognitive behavioral therapy to help manage excessive health anxiety.

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

Name: Illness Anxiety Disorder

Disorder Class: Somatoform Disorders Disorder Class: Somatic Symptom and Related
Disorder

A. Preoccupation with fears of having, or A. Preoccupation with having or acquiring a


the idea that one has, a serious disease serious illness.
based on the person’s misinterpretation of
bodily symptoms.

B. The preoccupation persists despite DROPPED


appropriate medical evaluation and
reassurance.

B. Somatic symptoms are not present or, if


present, are only mild in intensity. If another
medical condition is present or there is a high
risk for developing a medical condition (e.g.,
strong family history is present), the
preoccupation is clearly excessive or
disproportionate.

C. The belief in Criterion A is not of DROPPED


delusional intensity (as in delusional
disorder, somatic type) and is not restricted
to a circumscribed concern about
appearance (as in body dysmorphic
disorder).

C. There is a high level of anxiety about health,


and the individual is easily alarmed about
personal health status.
D. The preoccupation causes clinically DROPPED
significant distress or impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of
functioning.

D. The individual performs excessive health-


related behaviors (e.g., repeatedly checks his or
her body for signs of illness) or exhibits
maladaptive avoidance (e.g., avoids doctor
appointments and hospitals).

E. The duration of the disturbance is at E. Illness preoccupation has been present for at
least 6 months. least 6 months, but the specific illness that is
feared may change over that period of time.

F. The preoccupation is not better F. The illness-related preoccupation is not


accounted for by generalized anxiety better explained by another mental disorder,
disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, such as somatic symptom disorder, panic
panic disorder, a major depressive episode, disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, body
separation anxiety, or another somatoform dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder. disorder, or delusional disorder, somatic type.

Specify whether:
Specify if:
 Care-seeking type: Medical care,
including physician visits or undergoing
 With poor insight: If, for most of tests and procedures, is frequently used.
the time during the current episode,
the person does not recognize that  Care-avoidant type: Medical care is
the concern about having a serious rarely used.
illness is excessive or unreasonable.

Treatment
Treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be helpful, as may cognitive-behavioral
therapy.

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