TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental-reported health anxiety symptoms in 5- to 7-year-old children
T2 - the Copenhagen Child Cohort CCC 2000
AU - Rask, Charlotte Ulrikka
AU - Elberling, Hanne
AU - Skovgaard, Anne Mette
AU - Thomsen, Per Hove
AU - Fink, Per
N1 - Copyright © 2012 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Hypochondriasis, now often designated as health anxiety, is important in terms of prevalence, levels of suffering, and health services cost in adults. Whereas the DSM-IV-TR suggests that the condition primarily begins in adulthood, retrospective reports point to a possible origin in childhood with onset as early as preschool age. However, little research has addressed health anxiety in children. In the present study we explored parental-reported health anxiety symptoms (HAS) and their association with physical and mental health in a population-based sample of 5- to 7-year-old children.
AB - Hypochondriasis, now often designated as health anxiety, is important in terms of prevalence, levels of suffering, and health services cost in adults. Whereas the DSM-IV-TR suggests that the condition primarily begins in adulthood, retrospective reports point to a possible origin in childhood with onset as early as preschool age. However, little research has addressed health anxiety in children. In the present study we explored parental-reported health anxiety symptoms (HAS) and their association with physical and mental health in a population-based sample of 5- to 7-year-old children.
U2 - 10.1016/j.psym.2011.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.psym.2011.05.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22221722
SN - 0033-3182
VL - 53
SP - 58
EP - 67
JO - Psychosomatics
JF - Psychosomatics
IS - 1
ER -