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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A partial etiology of hypochondria,
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This review is from: Hypochondria: Woeful Imaginings (Paperback)
Baur, a psychologist,efficiently examines the 'woeful imaginings' of the hypochondriac -- from mostly historical perspectives. A chapter on world-class hypochondriac James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson, is a highlight, as is a chapter on European treatments and philosophies of this malady. Imagined illness' role in childhood, among the elderly, in other cultures; its function in relationships -- all discussed. The historic stuff is great. The book falters on the contemporary problems of hypochondria. Baur's clinical approach seems sensible and pragmatic, and I would suspect that it doesn't work.Can hypochondriacs really 'unlearn' it? I wish she had dug a little deeper in her final chapter, "Getting Better." Definitely worth reading.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
healing power of history & literature,
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A graceful, lovely little book - I am delighted to be offered Miguel de Unamuno and Hannah Arendt for self-help! (And I wish more popular psychology books had bibliographies like hers!)
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Hypochondria: Woeful Imaginings by Susan Baur (Paperback - July 7, 1989)
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