The course of transient hypochondriasis
Barsky A, Cleary P, Sarnie M, Klerman G. The course of transient hypochondriasis. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1993, 150: 484-488. PMID: 8434667, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.3.484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypochondriacal symptomsHypochondriacal patientsMedical record reviewMore functional disabilityGeneral medical clinicStructured diagnostic interviewMore psychopathological symptomsOnly significant predictorComparison patientsMedical morbidityFunctional disabilityRecord reviewBaseline evaluationSelf-report questionnairesPrevious episodesPatientsNonhypochondriacal patientsLongitudinal courseMedical careMultivariate analysisDiagnostic InterviewMedical clinicsSymptomsDSM-IIIBodily sensations