hypochondriasis (psychoanalytic glossary)

(cerebria sympathetica)

is a kind of:

• mechanism » defense mechanism
• safety device » defense mechanism
• mechanism » defense mechanism » immature defense mechanism
• safety device » defense mechanism » immature defense mechanism

This immature defense mechanism makes use of somatic illness or pain to avoid unacceptable impulses.

This term appears in...

• psychoanalysis
• psychodynamic psychotherapy

See also:

- Choose - dhat syndrome disease conviction Hypochondriacal Depression (Leonhard) Hypochondriasis psychoanalysis psychodynamic psychotherapy

Movies

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Books, etc.

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