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Nosophobia

MedGen UID:
637105
•Concept ID:
C0522182
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Disease phobia; Fear of disease; Pathophobia; Phobia, disease
SNOMED CT: Nosophobia (102915009); Fear of disease (102915009); Pathophobia (102915009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000600

Definition

A specific phobia that involves an irrational fear of contracting a disease. [from MONDO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

"Medical Student Syndrome"-A Myth or a Real Disease Entity? Cross-Sectional Study of Medical Students of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Szczurek K, Furgał N, Szczepanek D, Zaman R, Krysta K, Krzystanek M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Sep 19;18(18) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189884. PMID: 34574807Free PMC Article
PET study and neuropsychological assessment of a long-lasting post-encephalitic parkinsonism.
Caparros-Lefebvre D, Cabaret M, Godefroy O, Steinling M, Rémy P, Samson Y, Petit H
J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1998;105(4-5):489-95. doi: 10.1007/s007020050072. PMID: 9720976

Diagnosis

Noddle Pox: Syphilis and the Conception of Nosomania/Nosophobia (c. 1665-c. 1965).
Janssen DF
Can Bull Med Hist 2020;37(2):319-359. Epub 2020 Aug 20 doi: 10.3138/cbmh.432-032020. PMID: 32822549
Illness behavior.
Sirri L, Grandi S
Adv Psychosom Med 2012;32:160-181. Epub 2011 Oct 19 doi: 10.1159/000330015. PMID: 22056904
Psychosomatic characterization of adjustment disorders in the medical setting: some suggestions for DSM-V.
Grassi L, Mangelli L, Fava GA, Grandi S, Ottolini F, Porcelli P, Rafanelli C, Rigatelli M, Sonino N
J Affect Disord 2007 Aug;101(1-3):251-4. Epub 2006 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.11.011. PMID: 17196662
A tentative classification of "neuroses" based on behavioristic consideration of the pathogenetic mechanisms.
Maeda H
Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol 1993 Dec;47(4):743-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1993.tb01823.x. PMID: 8201788

Therapy

PET study and neuropsychological assessment of a long-lasting post-encephalitic parkinsonism.
Caparros-Lefebvre D, Cabaret M, Godefroy O, Steinling M, Rémy P, Samson Y, Petit H
J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1998;105(4-5):489-95. doi: 10.1007/s007020050072. PMID: 9720976

Prognosis

Psychosomatic characterization of adjustment disorders in the medical setting: some suggestions for DSM-V.
Grassi L, Mangelli L, Fava GA, Grandi S, Ottolini F, Porcelli P, Rafanelli C, Rigatelli M, Sonino N
J Affect Disord 2007 Aug;101(1-3):251-4. Epub 2006 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.11.011. PMID: 17196662
PET study and neuropsychological assessment of a long-lasting post-encephalitic parkinsonism.
Caparros-Lefebvre D, Cabaret M, Godefroy O, Steinling M, Rémy P, Samson Y, Petit H
J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1998;105(4-5):489-95. doi: 10.1007/s007020050072. PMID: 9720976

Clinical prediction guides

"Medical Student Syndrome"-A Myth or a Real Disease Entity? Cross-Sectional Study of Medical Students of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Szczurek K, Furgał N, Szczepanek D, Zaman R, Krysta K, Krzystanek M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Sep 19;18(18) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189884. PMID: 34574807Free PMC Article
PET study and neuropsychological assessment of a long-lasting post-encephalitic parkinsonism.
Caparros-Lefebvre D, Cabaret M, Godefroy O, Steinling M, Rémy P, Samson Y, Petit H
J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1998;105(4-5):489-95. doi: 10.1007/s007020050072. PMID: 9720976

Recent systematic reviews

Phobia and Fear of COVID-19: origins, complications and management, a narrative review.
Heiat M, Heiat F, Halaji M, Ranjbar R, Tavangar Marvasti Z, Yaali-Jahromi E, Azizi MM, Morteza Hosseini S, Badri T
Ann Ig 2021 Jul-Aug;33(4):360-370. doi: 10.7416/ai.2021.2446. PMID: 33908601

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