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When Imagination Becomes a Disease: Dealing With Hypochondriacal Patients in Clinical Practice

David Mobley, Neil H. Baum, Ashley Beattie and Charles Nemeroff
Ochsner Journal June 2019, 19 (2) 70-73; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.18.0123
David Mobley
1Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Neil H. Baum
2Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Ashley Beattie
3Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, SC
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Charles Nemeroff
4Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas School of Medicine, Austin, TX
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vol. 19 no. 2 70-73
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https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.18.0123

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1524-5012
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  • Published online June 14, 2019.

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  1. David Mobley, MD1,
  2. Neil H. Baum, MD2,
  3. Ashley Beattie, MD3 and
  4. Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD4
  1. 1Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  2. 2Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
  3. 3Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, SC
  4. 4Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas School of Medicine, Austin, TX

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David Mobley, Neil H. Baum, Ashley Beattie, Charles Nemeroff
Ochsner Journal Jun 2019, 19 (2) 70-73; DOI: 10.31486/toj.18.0123
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