Postaddictive Hypochondria. Clinical Cases (Message 2)

Abstract

Objective : to study the phenomenology of postaddictive hypochondria on new clinical cases. Material and methods . 4 patients of the Borderline Personality Disorders Ward suffering from lingering non-delusional hypochondria were included into the study. The methods of the study - psychosomatic, anamnestic, dynamic. Results . The study has found the leading link of the constitutional anomaly in the form of somatonia as a disturbance of drives with the subsequent formation of postaddictive hypochondria in association with the accentuations of psychotypes. Conclusion. The study has proved that postaddictive hypochondria is on the register of personal psychopathologies.