Lucy Yardley
![Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) Lucy Yardley]( "Vertigo and Dizziness (The Experience of Illness) Lucy Yardley")
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Very helpful book 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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
Editorial Review:
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.
