Phantom Illness : Recognizing, Understanding and Overcoming Hypochondria

This breakthrough book is the first to offer hope to those struggling with a debilitating disorder generally dismissed by the medical community: hypochondria. Medical writer Carla Cantor, the director of publications at N.Y.U. Medical Center, validates the often discounted fears & confusions of sufferers by sharing her own story of recovery as well as the compelling accounts of hundreds of others. Authoritatively & encouragingly, she summarizes the latest knowledge research on the nature of this disorder & its possible treatments. Co-author Brian Fallon is a psychiatrist & assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia Univ., & a recipient of a major grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study hypochondria.Cantor, Carla is the author of 'Phantom Illness : Recognizing, Understanding and Overcoming Hypochondria', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756762179 and ISBN 0756762170.