2 psychology project of case study on hypochondriasis
Answers
Hypochondriasis dissorder occurs together with an-xiety disorders, mood disorders and schizophrenia. The patient is overly preoccupied with physical symptoms and have unwarranted fear that he is seriously ill (usually suffering from specific diseases).
CASE REPORT:- A 50 year old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with headache, nausea and numbness of the left arm for the last couple of hours. Neurologist conducted a full physical examination and found no discrepancies in neurological status, but the patient insisted that he was having a headache like his head is going to explode and that his left arm was going completely numb. Concerning to exclude any acute condition, neurologist indicated an emergency multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) of the brain that had been performed in a short time.
Hope it helps u✌