Authors
Astha Vyas, Ganga Sharma
Abstract
Hypochondriasis is considered as the disorder related to the somatoform that is marked by the pre occupation that is repeated and having fear of disease which can be life-threatening. The explanation on the basis of etiology for hypochondriasis have revolutionized over time from a stance of psychoanalytic which is an unconscious manifestation to the social learning, behavior relative to cognition and the biological models that emphasizes on the functional moral of the hypochondriasis disorder that is fully parallel to the disorders of anxiety. Different kinds of developments in therapeutic at the time of emphasizing the necessity of therapeutic association. The psychotherapy, reassurance, psychopharmacology and the mental health of an individual are shown clearly. The primary care and the specialty in the non-psychiatric physicians care for the patients having hypochondriasis disorder. The clinical perspectives and treatment specifies the various settings of this disorder. Keywords: Hypochondriasis disorder, psychotherapy, non-psychiatric physicians
Introduction
Hypochondriasis is a medical condition and is a disorder related to somato formation. These type of disorders included in a psychiatric illness that is characterized by the symptoms observed physically that has no cause of identification, and patients suffering from this assumes that these symptoms are caused by some disease or other causes. This condition shows the strong fear of a serious disease that is prolonged. The evaluation of the medical reports and the good health reassurance does not convince patients that they are not suffering from the disease. The minor symptoms or any kind of sensations was usually misinterpreted to fit in with their illness (feared illness). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnose the Hypochondriasis and this criterion for this disorder involves the fear of preoccupation which forms a serious illness on the basis of misconception of symptoms, and that particular fear is not comforted by using some proper reassurance of medical state that lasts for 6 months approximately (Turki et al 997). The criteria of diagnosing hypochondriasis require that the patient who is suffering is preoccupied with the illness fear that is a serious problem on the basis of misconception of the symptoms in the body and the persistence of preoccupation is there instead of medical reassurance and evaluation. There are different kinds of diagnostic instruments that involve Whitely Index of Hypochondriasis i.e., WIH and IAS (Illness Attitude Scales). There are other general diagnostic symptoms for screening and severity tools that include the Inventory related to Health Anxiety and Checklist of Somatoform Disorder Symptom. All these instruments of assessment are majorly used in the research procedure and it may show absence in the specificity of the patient for the treatment planning of an individual. (Xiong et al 2007).
Explanation models
Psychodynamic models – In order to remediate conflicts of unconscious mind such as providing hostility and aggression to each other. The representation and displacement that comes under the psychodynamic defenses were referred to as the fundamental basis for Hypochondriasis. This type of model is popular and plausible among another kind of psychoanalysis model and it sometimes becomes difficult to involve the patients suffering from hypochondriasis in such introspection.
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