Phantom illness : recognizing, understanding, and overcoming hypochondria / Carla Cantor, with Brian Fallon.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

xiii, 351 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-326) and index.

A much maligned malady -- The many faces of somatization -- Digging beneath symptoms -- Are hypochondriacs born or made? -- Healthism: a syumptom of our time -- It's never all in our head -- The susceptibility factor -- Family ties-in sickness and in health -- Between doctor and patient -- The steps to successful treatment.