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All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Hypochondriasis

2023; American Medical Association; Volume: 81; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4744

ISSN

2168-6238

Autores

David Mataix‐Cols, Kayoko Isomura, Anna Sidorchuk, Daniel Rautio, Volen Z. Ivanov, Christian Rück, Susanna Österman, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Zheng Chang, Isabell Brickell, Erik Hedman, Lorena Fernández de la Cruz,

Tópico(s)

Mental Health and Psychiatry

Resumo

Hypochondriasis, also known as health anxiety disorder, is a prevalent, yet underdiagnosed psychiatric disorder characterized by persistent preoccupation about having serious and progressive physical disorders. The risk of mortality among individuals with hypochondriasis is unknown.

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