
Psychiatric nursing is a nursing specialty that plays an active role in preserving, promoting, and restoring mental health. In the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illnesses, nurses adopt a holistic approach that considers not only the physical but also the emotional, cognitive, and social well-being of individuals. Psychiatric nursing is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating mental health services at the individual, family, and community levels. In this contex
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Muhammed Samed Acar

Illness Anxiety Disorder is a condition in which an individual experiences uncontrollable beliefs and intense anxiety that they have or will develop a serious illness, resulting from the misinterpretation of physical symptoms. This concept was first defined by Salkovskis and Warwick and consists of two core constructs: illness belief and illness phobia. 【1】Illness belief refers to a strong conviction that one currently has an illness, while illness phobia involves fear of contracting an illness
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Nida Üstün