Introduction

A person goes to a doctor for treatment, but the doctor does not find any medical illness. Still, the person has a strong feeling of disease due to that person worry excessively about health; then there may be chances of illness, anxiety disorder, or Hypochondriasis.

Illness anxiety disorder is defined as a fixed idea and thought in a patient’s mind with a fear of having a severe medical illness despite repeated medical reassurance.

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Signs and symptoms hypochondriasis

Headache
Chest and gastrointestinal complain
Body pain
Fear of having a major illness
abnormal awareness
Complain of pain
The feeling of tightness around the forehead
Increase bowel sound
Peristalsis movement in the stomach,
Increase heartbeat
Sweating

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Causes of hypochondriasis

There are no specific causes of illness anxiety disorder, but the following things lead to IAD.
Wrong beliefs
History of childhood abuse
Pandemic
Depression and Anxiety

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Treatment of hypochondriasis

Supportive Psychotherapy

Individual psychotherapy
The goal is to develop healthy and adaptive behaviors
Focus is on personal and social difficulties and achievement of practical solutions.
Identify precipitating stressors and conflict
Group psychotherapy
Treatment of choice for somatization disorder and Hypochondriasis
Provides social support and social interaction
Clients can share their experience of illness
Can learn to verbalize thoughts and feelings

Behavior Therapy

Involve working with the family who may perpetuate the physical symptoms by rewarding the passivity and dependency.
Focuses on teaching them to reward the client’s autonomy, self-sufficiency, and independence.

Psychopharmacology

Following drugs used in somatoform disorder
Antidepressant
Benzodiazepines
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
Antipsychotic drugs

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