54. Is Dr. Google making us cyberchondriacs?

Having access to an enormous amount of information in the palm of your hand is powerful and dangerous. Googling health symptoms can send you in a direction that takes you farther away from reality. This being overly concerned about one’s health can increase anxiety and decrease your quality of life. On today's podcast we discuss hypochondriacs in the age of Google. If you are in a crisis or think you have an emergency, call your doctor or 911. If you're considering suicide, call 1-800-273-TALK to speak with a skilled trained counselor.RADICALLY GENUINE PODCASTRadically Genuine Podcast Website Twitter: Roger K. McFillin, Psy.D., ABPPInstagram @radgenpodTikTok @[email protected] RESOURCES5:00 Cyberchondria Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com12:00 Investigating the Obsessive and Compulsive Features of Cyberchondria: A Holistic Review14:00 Cyberchondria: Overlap with health anxiety and unique relations with impairment, quality of life, and service utilization17:30 Search neutrality - Wikipedia19:00 Illness Anxiety Disorder - Psychiatric Disorders - Merck Manuals Professional Edition28:00 Health Anxiety | Psychology Tools30:00 The biochemistry of belief - PMC38:30 CME Info - Child Mortality Estimates42:00 Using information technology to reduce rates of medication errors in hospitals - PMC46:30 The Health Belief Model54:30 Radically Genuine Podcast | 40. Chris Palmer, MD