Health anxiety, which is characterised by excessive worrying about illness, is a real condition that can — somewhat ...

Search online for “are more teens today suffering emotional problems,” and a boatload of websites pop to your ...

In adults the joint pain and fatigue associated with hypermobility-type EDS can be misdiagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome, hypochondriasis, or depression. [25] Vascular-type EDS may also be ...

Clients refer to me as Dr. Nap. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, illness anxiety disorder (i.e., hypochondriasis), and social anxiety. Hello, dear reader.

There are many studies from the 1980s and 1990s indicating that patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) or IBS have more anxiety, depression, and “psychosomatic triad” (hysteria, hypochondriasis, and ...

It is theoretically possible to diagnose various other psychotic conditions in adolescence, such as delusional disorder. However, with the exception of psychotic disorder not otherwise specified ...

Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental disorder in which a person has excessive thoughts and behaviors about physical symptoms—such as pain or fatigue—which may or may not have a medical cause.