0 a condition in which a person worries a lot about their health without having a good reason to do so:
People with the kind of health anxiety formerly referred to as hypochondriasis used to have to go to the doctor's office to quell their concerns, but now they have apps to consult.
A study of psychiatric patients showed that low self-esteem had an inverse relationship with age, whereas the prevalence of hypochondriasis was positively correlated with age.
"I don't like the expression hypochondriasis," says Dr Ross, a psychiatrist and cognitive therapist, "because it suggests that people are imagining their symptoms."
