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It's all in your head : true stories of imaginary illness / Suzanne O'Sullivan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Vintage 2016Description: 326 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780099597858 (pbk.) :
  • 9780099597858
  • 0099597853
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.08 23
LOC classification:
  • RC49
Summary: Most of us accept the way our heart flutters when we set eyes on the one we secretly admire, or the sweat on our brow as we start the presentation we do not want to give. But few of us are fully aware of how much more dramatic and extreme our body's reactions to emotions can sometimes be. Up to a third of people who go to see their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained; in the vast majority of these cases an emotional cause is suspected. And yet, when it comes to a diagnosis, 'it's all in your head' is the very last thing we want to hear, and the last thing doctors want to say. In 'It's All in Your Head' consultant neurologist Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan takes us on a journey through the world of psychosomatic illness, to meet patients like Pauline, who has been ill all her adult life.
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1 Week Loan Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library Open Shelves W 616.08 OSUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0010970170
2 Week Loan Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library Open Shelves W 616.08 OSUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0011130600
4 Week Loan Our Lady’s Hospital Library, Navan Our Lady’s Hospital Library, Navan 616.001 OSU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NA20086
4 Week Loan St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny Letterkenny University Hospital Library RC49.O78 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B06280
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Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2015.

Includes index.

Most of us accept the way our heart flutters when we set eyes on the one we secretly admire, or the sweat on our brow as we start the presentation we do not want to give. But few of us are fully aware of how much more dramatic and extreme our body's reactions to emotions can sometimes be. Up to a third of people who go to see their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained; in the vast majority of these cases an emotional cause is suspected. And yet, when it comes to a diagnosis, 'it's all in your head' is the very last thing we want to hear, and the last thing doctors want to say. In 'It's All in Your Head' consultant neurologist Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan takes us on a journey through the world of psychosomatic illness, to meet patients like Pauline, who has been ill all her adult life.

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