A morbid anxiety disorder is the preoccupation with it and afraid to have a serious illness or to get these. The diagnosis is confirmed when the fears and symptoms (if any), despite reassurance of the patient after a thorough medical examination to stop ? 6 months. Treatment involves the construction of a stable supporting doctor-patient relationship; cognitive behavioral therapy and serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be helpful.
(Formerly known as hypochondria, a term which is used more because of its pejorative Konnotationnicht) the morbid Angsstörung is most often in early adulthood and seems about to occur frequently equal in men and women.
A morbid anxiety disorder is the preoccupation with it and afraid to have a serious illness or to get these. The diagnosis is confirmed when the fears and symptoms (if any), despite reassurance of the patient after a thorough medical examination to stop ? 6 months. Treatment involves the construction of a stable supporting doctor-patient relationship; cognitive behavioral therapy and serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be helpful. (Formerly known as hypochondria, a term which is used more because of its pejorative Konnotationnicht) the morbid Angsstörung is most often in early adulthood and seems about to occur frequently equal in men and women. The patient’s fears can be derived from the misinterpretation of non-pathological physical symptoms or normal body functions (eg. B. bowel sounds, flatulence, bloating, mild stomach / intestinal cramps, perceiving palpitations, sweating). Symptoms and signs Patients w ith a morbid Angsstörung are so co-opted by the idea that they were sick or perhaps could be that their fear of the disease affected their social and occupational functioning or causes significant distress. Patients may have physical symptoms or not, but if they are present, their concern Some patients applies more to the potential impact of the symptoms than the symptoms themselves. Examine again and again (for example, they look in the mirror in her neck to check her skin on lesions). They are easily frightened by new somatic sensations. Some patients often visit doctors (care-seeking type); others rarely seek medical care in claim (care-avoidant type). The course is often chronic in some cases fluctuating, in other constantly. Some patients are healthy. Diagnosis Clinical Investigation The diagnosis of pathological Angsstörung is made clinically based on the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), including the following: The patient is busy a serious disease to have or get. The patient has no or only minimal discomfort. The patient is very concerned about the health and slightly alarmed about personal health questions. The patient repeatedly checks his health or avoid maladaptive medical appointments and hospitals. The patient was employed for ? 6 months of the disease, although he feared that the specific disease could change during this time. The symptoms are not better by depression or another mental disorder says patients have significant somatic symptoms and primarily are even worried about the symptoms, diagnosis receive somatization disorder. Sometimes treatment serotonin reuptake inhibitors or cognitive behavioral therapy. Patients may benefit from a trusting relationship with a caring, calming doctor. If the symptoms are not adequately relieved, patients may benefit from referral to a psychotherapist or psychiatrist / psychosomatic, with the family doctor remains in charge of the treatment. The treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be helpful, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy.