ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mass Psychogenic Illness, Palpitations, Vomiting
14 Nov 2016
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You wake up in the morning feeling nauseous and lightheaded. Parents have to see and interpret symptoms when their kids have it and decide if its serious enough to go and see the doctor. Sensory experience that is interpreted as indicating that something is not working properly need a sensory component, not any sensation is a symptoms. The brain knowing where it is, it is so strong that it control our reflexes, so we do not all vomit. Mild makes ppl alert, make them seek health services appropriately. Tested whether exposure to health-related suffering of an unknown person influences health anxiety. Experience of health threat make ppl more alert. Preoccupied and worried that normal bodily symptoms are indicators of illness. 4-5% of canadians use health care excessively, important to identify them. Factors that influence noticing symptoms neuroticism cultural differences attention differences situational factors stress how much is going on mood.
