Monosymptomatic hypochondriasis means: (A) paranoid type delusional disorder, (B) Declerambault syndrome, (C) somatic type delusional disorder, (D) othello syndrome
Answer is C. * Somatic o ALSO KNOWN AS * Monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis * Delusional parasitosis * Olfactory reference syndrome o DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS * HYPOCHONDRIASIS====NOT REASSURED as in hypochondriasis Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry,11 th edition, pg no.333