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The Health Anxiety Inventory: development and validation of scales for the measurement of health anxiety and hypochondriasis

Psychological Medicine · 2002 · Vol. 32(5) · pp. 843–853

Paul M. Šalkovskis✉(University of Oxford)Katharine A. Rimes(University of Oxford)Hilary M. C. Warwick(University of Oxford)David M. Clark(Warneford Hospital)

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Abstract

The HAI is a reliable and valid measure of health anxiety. It is likely to be useful as a brief screening instrument, as there is a short form which correlates highly with the longer version.

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Mental Health and Psychiatry Empathy and Medical EducationPanic disorderAnxietyPsychologyClinical psychologyPanicPsychiatryAnxiety disorderRating scalePsychometricsDevelopmental psychology

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AdultAnxiety DisordersDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansHypochondriasisMaleMiddle AgedPersonality InventoryPhobic DisordersPsychometricsReference ValuesSick RoleSomatoform DisordersReproducibility of Results

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