Illness Anxiety Disorder

Illness Anxiety Disorder

A. Preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness.

B. Somatic Symptoms are not present or, if present, are only mild in intensity. if another medical condition is present or there is a high risk for developing a medical condition (e.g., strong family history is present), the preoccupation is clearly  excessive or disproportionate.

C. There is a high level of anxiety about health, and the individual is easily alarmed about personal health status.

D. The individual performs excessive health-related behaviors (e.g., repeatedly checks his or her body for signs of illness.

E. Illness preoccupation has been present for at least 6 months, but the specific illness that is feared may change over that period of time.

F. the illness-related preoccupation is not better explained by another mental disorder, such as somatic symptom disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-complulsive disorer, or delusional disorder, somatic type. 

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