Hypochondriasis - Wikipedia Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness Hypochondria is an old concept whose meaning has repeatedly changed over its lifespan [1]
Hypochondriasis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Indeed hypochondriasis has been a recognizable term for more than two thousand years and has meant many things throughout its long existence In fact, as Kellner (1986) rightly points out, “the history of hypochondriasis is more about the history of a term rather than that of a disorder or syndrome” (p 7)
doi:10. 1016 S0140-6736(06)67948-8 - The Lancet In the 1880s, the American neurologist George Beard con-fined the term hypochondriasis to cases with a definite delusion of physical disease, originating in exhaustion or abuse to the brain, stomach, and genitalia
Hypochondriasis: Modern Perspectives on an Ancient Malady Hypochondriasis has been a term used by physicians as well as the general population for centuries Kenyon’s classic review of hypochondriasis (1) offered little except to emphasize that hypochondriasis is commonly comorbid with depression (secondary hypochondriasis) but is rare as a primary entity
Hypochondria - California Digital Library Few disorders have had so continual or so long a history as hypochondria Although the disorder has been given a dozen auxiliary names and ten times that number of explanations, the "bad and peevish disease" has been a recognizable entity for at least two millennia
A History of Hypochondria - radiowest. kuer. org It’s part memoir and part history, chronicling her own struggles with hypochondria, along with those of Marcel Proust’s and Virginia Woolf’s, and even ancient accounts from Greek scholars
Hypochondriasis. - APA PsycNet The cause probably lies in the ancient history of hypochondriasis as a term and as a disorder It is, however, a defined mental disorder, and DSM-5, as well as ICD-10, provide diagnostic criteria Before its definition is described, a brief overview on hypochondriasis over the centuries is given
The British Journal of Psychiatry - Cambridge Core A brief historical introduction traces the evolution of the concept of hypochondriasis It is suggested that the term should now be used only as a descriptive adjective when there is a morbid preoccupation with health or body