title: Testitis (excessive anxiety about flying checks).
abstract: Excessive anxiety about flying checks--"testitis" or "checkitis"--is a relatively common cause of loss of licence by aircrew. This paper describes the syndromes seen in testitis and treatment which has resulted in alleviation of symptoms in nine out of 30 cases.
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002568:Certification; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological