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Understanding Hypochondria: Symptoms, Causes & Coping

 
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Hypochondria

Hypochondria, an abnormal emotional condition in which a person is preoccupied with his health and the functions of his body organs. The hypochondriac may imagine that he has a disease or that some part of his body is not working properly. However, there is no actual loss or disturbance of any body function—as there is in the case of conversion hysteria.