Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) [Paperback]

Lucy Yardley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 1994 | ISBN-10: 041510209X | ISBN-13: 978-0415102094

Dizziness is extremely common, yet it is frequently discounted as an unimportant epiphenomenon of some primary disorder, or simply a symbolic expression of anxiety. This study aims to draw attention to the problem of disorientation and provides a more complete description of the experience. Every aspect of vertigo and dizziness is considered, including environmental causes of perceptual-motor disequilibrium; neurophysiological links between dizziness and anxiety; cognitive appraisals of disorientation and their behavioural ramifications; and the social significance of instability. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of the topic which integrates biological, environmental, psychological and social factors to construct an account of the condition, illustrated by excerpts from interviews with sufferers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (December 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 041510209X
• ISBN-13: 978-0415102094
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,291,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book, August 2, 1997

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This review is from: Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) (Paperback)

This book is a helpful reference book concerning dizziness. I have Meniere's Disease, of which dizziness is one symptom, and the book was very helpful as I tried to understand what my doctors were doing, and why. It thoroughly explains the ramifications of every medical procedure and explains well the difficulties faced in treating dizziness

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reader for sufferers of dizziness, July 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) (Paperback)

As a sufferer of dizziness I found this book extremely useful, interesting and encouraging. Dizziness is something that the general population is generally ignorant about but this books helps to give us sufferers recognition and provides practical guidelines for coping with it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars thoughtful book, March 19, 2011

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This review is from: Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) (Paperback)

This is an older book on vertigo, published in 1994. It's written in a sober, pedestrian manner, but avoids pontificating, and includes some reflections on the emotional burden of those who suffer from vertigo. It covers the basic understanding of the causes of vertigo, not much different than you would find in more recent works, but not much about therapy or research. I preferred it to any other book I had read on vertigo, and I have read about four.