The term hypochondriasis was eliminated from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) and was replaced with two separate diagnoses: somatic symptom disorder …

Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is an old concept whose meaning has repeatedly …

Like any other field of empirical research, psychiatric history has to confront general and specific problems. Among the latter, two are particularly salient to the “hypochondriacal disorders.”

Jan 14, 2006 · In the 1880s, the American neurologist George Beard confined the term hypochondriasis to cases with a definite delusion of physical disease, originating in exhaustion or abuse to the brain, …

Indeed hypochondriasis has been a recognizable term for more than two thousand years and has meant many things throughout its long existence. In fact, as Kellner (1986) rightly points out, “the history of …

Aug 1, 2002 · Hypochondriasis has been a term used by physicians as well as the general population for centuries. Kenyon’s classic review of hypochondriasis (1) offered little except to emphasize that …

Aug 13, 2025 · It’s part memoir and part history, chronicling her own struggles with hypochondria, along with those of Marcel Proust’s and Virginia Woolf’s, and even ancient accounts from Greek scholars.

Feb 1, 2001 · Written by world experts and from different perspectives, it aims to be a state-of-the-art text, demonstrating how the current concepts of hypochondriasis are linked with its rich history,...

Apr 26, 2025 · Crampton gives a detailed history of the history of the term ‘hypochondria’ and the evolution of the terminology, going back as far as the four humours theory of Ancient Greece to …

Meaning, Misinterpretations, and Medicine: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Understanding Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis / Paul M. Salkovskis and Hilary M.C. Warwick.