1993
The course of transient hypochondriasis
Barsky A, Cleary P, Sarnie M, Klerman G. The course of transient hypochondriasis. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1993, 150: 484-488. PMID: 8434667, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.3.484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypochondriacal symptomsHypochondriacal patientsMedical record reviewMore functional disabilityGeneral medical clinicStructured diagnostic interviewMore psychopathological symptomsOnly significant predictorComparison patientsMedical morbidityFunctional disabilityRecord reviewBaseline evaluationSelf-report questionnairesPrevious episodesPatientsNonhypochondriacal patientsLongitudinal courseMedical careMultivariate analysisDiagnostic InterviewMedical clinicsSymptomsDSM-IIIBodily sensations
1988
The amplification of somatic symptoms.
Barsky A, Goodson J, Lane R, Cleary P. The amplification of somatic symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine 1988, 50: 510-519. PMID: 3186894, DOI: 10.1097/00006842-198809000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall discomfortMedical walkTract infectionsMedical morbidityMedical illnessSystemic symptomsVocational disabilitySelf-report questionnairesSociodemographic characteristicsSomatic symptomsSomatosensory amplificationSignificant predictorsPatientsMultiple regression analysisRegression analysisMeasures of dysphoriaSymptomsDiscomfortDisabilityBodily sensationsMorbidityClinicIllnessInfectionSymptomatology