It's All in Your Head True Stories of Imaginary Illness

WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2016 Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her legs. Shortly afterwards, convulsions started. But Pauline's tests are normal: her symptoms seem to have no physical cause whatsoever. This may be an extreme case, but Pauline is not alone. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained. In most, an emotional root is suspected which is often the last thing a patient wants to hear and a doctor to say. We accept our hearts can flutter with excitement and our brows can sweat with nerves, but on this journey into the very real world of psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O'Sullivan finds the secrets we are all capable of keeping from ourselves.'A remarkable book… Offer[s] a remarkable insight into the suffering of these patients, as well as the power of the mind over the body… It should be on the reading list of every medical student.' PD Smith The Guardian

ISBN:	9780099597858
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	14 Apr 2016
DEWEY:	616.08
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	326
Weight:	240g
Height:	196mm
Width:	121mm
Spine width:	22mm

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