Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Hypochondriasis
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Cognitive therapy in the treatment of hypochondriasis
The term hypochondriasis was first coined over 2000 years ago to describe a physical illness afflicting the hypochondrium. Subsequently the term was used for a variety of physical illnesses, until the 17th century when forms of melancholia were labelled as hypo chondriasis. Since then a very large number of psychiatric disorders have been given the term hypo chondriasis, for example, a form of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.12.1464