title: Validity of Current Treatment Protocols to Overcome Hypochondriasis.
abstract: Hypochondriasis has been difficult to define and its classification amongst diseases has been blurred since, time immemorial. Though decades have been passed since its discovery and known to the people that the disorder is of the mind itself, the treatment options are still limited for the disorder and therefore, in dire need of exploration and analysis. Hypochondriasis, also sometimes referred to as health anxiety, is much more common in general health ward than previously accounted for. Thus, an efficient way of its management needs to be formulated and this review article helps to shed out light on the current treatment protocol available for hypochondriasis and their efficacy for the same. The treatment modules for hypochondriasis are unfortunately few and limited. None of the review articles have evaluated the efficacy of the tried treatment interventions and through this review article we want to highlight the same. A Medline search of the relevant publications and the references of the studies were incorporated to obtain the data.
authors.affiliation: Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Sarojini Naidu Medical College , Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Shrayash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.affiliation: Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Sarojini Naidu Medical College , Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Meher Narain
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Srivastava
keywords: Health anxiety; Mental disorder; Psychiatric disorder