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Table of ContentsChapter 1 ; Introduction and key issues ; Vladan Starcevic and Russell Noyes Jr. ; Chapter 2 ; Clinical manifestations of hypochondriasis and related conditions ; Laura Sirri and Giovanni A. Fava ; Chapter 3 ; Diagnosis and classification of hypochondriasis ; Justine N. Pannekoek and Dan J. Stein ; Chapter 4 ; Relationships with other psychopathology and differential diagnosis of hypochondriasis ; Vladan Starcevic ; Chapter 5 ; Assessment of hypochondriasis and health anxiety ; Susan Longley, Katherine Meyers, Rachel Maxwell and Letizia Boin ; Chapter 6 ; Epidemiological and economic aspects of hypochondriasis and health anxiety ; Karl Looper and Philip Dickinson ; Chapter 7 ; Course and outcome of hypochondriasis and health anxiety ; Russell Noyes Jr. ; Chapter 8 ; Management and physician-patient relationship in hypochondriasis ; Russell Noyes Jr. ; Chapter 9 ; Cognitive and behavioral models and cognitive-behavioral and related therapies for health anxiety and hypochondriasis ; Theo K. Bouman ; Chapter 10 ; Interpersonal psychotherapy for hypochondriasis and related disorders: an attachment-based approach ; Scott Stuart ; Chapter 11 ; Psychodynamic models and therapeutic approaches to hypochondriasis ; Don R. Lipsitt ; Chapter 12 ; Pharmacological treatment and neurobiology of hypochondriasis, illness anxiety and somatic symptoms ; Kelli J. K. Harding and Brian A. Fallon
