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Parental Representations of Hypochondriacal Patients from a Psychiatric Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brian Baker  and
Harold Merskey
Brian Baker
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4H1
Harold Merskey
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario; Director of Education and Research, London Psychiatric Hospital, 850 Highbury Avenue, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4H1
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Summary

This study investigated parental bonding patterns of hypochondriacal patients using the Parental Bonding Instrument. Hypochondriacal patients and a matched control group were drawn from in and out-patients of a psychiatric hospital. Maternal over-protection was found much more frequently (P <.005) in the hypochondriacal group than in the control group. This offers support for previous clinical observations on hypochondriacal patients. The implications of this and other findings of the study are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 233 - 238
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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