ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Blood Test, Erving Goffman, Learned Helplessness
14 Nov 2016
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Starts with talking to friends, look at the internet. Benefit from other people"s experience with a disease. New, unexplainable, painful, highly visible, affecting valued body parts. Internet, most common overload is when people use services when. Misuse of health services things aren"t medically related 2/3 of physician time is emotional problems like anxiety and depression. Type of people who are concerned about physical and mental health. Somaticize and see minor symptoms as serious and believe they should take care of their health leads them to use health services more. People who emotional issues present themselves as somatic symptoms. Individuals who express emotional conflict through physical symptoms and convince themselves they are physically ill less stigmatizing for them. Physical symptoms of depression and anxiety inability to get out of bed, not eating, - get blood test to see if blood shows any signs of deficiency.
