Mrs. Klinger has a ten-year history of fearing a heart attack, although no doctor has found anything wrong with her heart. She frequently calls emergency services and lies in bed most days worrying that she will have a coronary. Mrs. Klinger suffers from ____.

Illness anxiety disorder also known as hypochondriasis refers to a psychiatric condition in which a person is obsessed with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition. Individuals with this condition have a persistent fear of having a grave medical illness. They believe that normal body sensations or minor symptoms are signs of severe illness, even though a thorough medical exam doesn't reveal a serious medical condition.

Mrs. Klinger suffers from illness anxiety disorder

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Answer:

Illness anxiety disorder

Explanation:

Illness anxiety disorder, which is usually known as hypochondriasis, is a mental health disorder that is characterized by unnecessary preoccupation of fear of being ill or obsessive thought that one would become ill, when actually there is no real health threatening issue. The sufferer as a result of this persistent fear of being ill or becoming ill, visits doctors often, even when there is nothing to diagnose that is of real concern.