psychiatric disorders
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Diagnosis of Illness Anxiety Disorder
Clinical evaluation The diagnosis of illness anxiety disorder is based on criteria from theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition(DSM-5-TR), including the following: The patient is preoccupied with having or acquiring a serious illness. The patient has no or minimal somatic symptoms. The patient is highly anxious about health and easily alarmed about personal health issues. The patient repeatedly checks health status or maladaptively avoids doctor appointments and hospitals. The patient has been preoccupied with illness for≥6 months, although the specific illness feared may change during that time period. Symptoms are not better accounted for by depression or another mental disorder. Patients who have significant somatic symptoms and are primarily concerned about the symptoms themselves are diagnosed with Somatic Symptom Disorder . 