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The Patient with Hypochondriasis

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  • Arthur J. Barsky, M.D.

A 39-year-old woman repeatedly sees her physician for symptoms including paresthesias and “swelling” of the hands and feet. The results of physical examination and laboratory studies have been normal, yet this has failed to reassure her. She is now concerned that she has lupus and urgently requests a rheumatology consultation. How should you manage this problem?

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Funding and Disclosures

Dr. Barsky has research funding from the Aetna Foundation for Quality Care.

Author Affiliations

From the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Barsky at the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.

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