Charmaine Coltraine is preoccupied with fears that she has a terrible health problem.Coltraine's fears are characteristic of

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Charmaine Coltraine's preoccupation with fears of having a health problem is characteristic of hypochondriasis, which is now classified as illness anxiety disorder in the DSM-V. Hypochondriasis/illness anxiety disorder involves excessive worry or fear about having a serious illness despite little or no evidence of such an illness, and physical symptoms can be mild or absent. Conversion disorder, dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and hysteria do not fit the symptoms described in this scenario.

Charmaine Coltraine Is Preoccupied with Fears That She Has a Terrible