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hypochondria

Neurotic preoccupation with bodily functions and ill health. Hypochondriacs worry that they may be harbouring some kind of disease. In its severe form (hypochondriasis), which is usually due to underlying anxiety or depression, the patient harbours delusions of ill health.



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2% of patients presented to GPs in NSW with a primary diagnosis of hypochondriasis.
Acceptable test-retest reliability and correlations with other personality measures (Self-Consciousness Inventory, Hypochondriasis scale of the MMPI, and the Emotionality scale of the EASI) were also achieved.
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