Health anxiety is worry or concern relating to physical health but do you think people can also obsessively worry about their mental health? For example, having a parent with a mental illness could cause the child to obsess about developing this illness in the future. This individual could take precautions to avoid individuals with mental illness in the same way individuals with health anxiety might avoid hospitals. What do you think? I am currently researching this topic area.
These resources may interest you:
https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l774
https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2250.full
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/hypochondriasis-and-health-anxiety-conceptual-challenges/E7BE0B85A166578B3331D66B7E7D2ED9
Article Validity of Current Treatment Protocols to Overcome Hypochondriasis
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/anxiety_and_physical_illness
yes I certainly believe that one can be "hypochondriacal" ( to use the older term) with regard to one's mental health. Most of us have seen this...
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