BIOL 110 Lecture Notes - Malingering, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Conversion Disorder
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The illness attidutes scale (ias) is one self-report measure that is used commonly by researchers to assess heath anxiety. Consists reliably of four factors: (1) worry about illness and pain (i. e. illness fears) (2) disease conviction (i. e. illness beliefs) (3) health habits (i. e. safety-seeking behaviours) (4) symptom interference with lifestyle (i. e. disruptive effects. Cognitive factors are featured in the model of health anxiety outlined by salkovskis and. Sufferers may experience paralysis of arms or legs; seizures and coordination disturbances; a sensation of prickling, tingling, or creeping on the skin; insensitivity to pain; or the loss or impairment of sensations, called anaesthesias. Vision may be severely impaired, the person may become partially or completely blind or have tunnel vision. Aphonia, loss of the voice and all but whispered speech and anosmia, loss or impairment of the sense of smell, are other conversion disorders.
