ILLNESS ANXIETY DISORDER RELATED TO FILARIASIS: A CASE REPORT | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 45, Issue 1, April 2015, Page 43-46 PDF (156.26 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89682 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| SAGAR KARIA; NILESH SHAH; SUSHMA SONAVANE; AVINASH DE SOUSA | ||||
| Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease which is associated with anxiety and depression and may also result in social isolation. We present here a case of illness anxiety disorder where the patient developed a morbid fear that he will develop filariasis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Filariasis; Illness Anxiety; Hypochondriasis | ||||
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