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How common and costly is persistent health anxiety in young people?

Health anxiety – characterized by excessive and impairing worry about health issues1 – has been minimally described in childhood and adolescence, and longitudinal studies are lacking.

3 November 2020
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health anxiety

How common and costly is persistent health anxiety in young people?