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Patterns of Hypochondriasis: A Principal Components Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. N. Bianchi
G. N. Bianchi*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
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Extract

Hypochondriasis, though recognized as common and important, has not been accorded the study that its ubiquity and prominence might be thought to require. It is not long since anecdotes and uncontrolled observations masqueraded as knowledge.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 570 , May 1973 , pp. 541 - 548
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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