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| OVER AWARENESS LEADS TO HYPOCHONDRIASIS IN THE PRESENT SCENARIO |
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| Usha Pathak , Malvika Joshi |
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| Ashok Yakkaldevi |
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| GRT-6695 |
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| Abstract : | |
| Internet and media has made mankind avail any information with just one click. This one click might lead to hypochondriasis. Hypochondriasis is referred to, as having a worry of serious mental illness without underlying biological cause. Over awareness about health and diseases has affected the literate more than the illiterate as it is said “ignorance is bliss” this bless for illiterate has turned into a curse for literate. Being aware is not wrong but being aware in the right perspective is what this paper is all about. If by being aware was more than enough then that means we need no expert or physician. The available information is only to make us aware of situation not to master from it. By this paper author wants to open a new vision to information available to use. The cause and treatment to these diseases have been explained in detail and it has also opened a new area of research. |
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