Illness behaviour

Joint hypermobility: emerging disease or illness behaviour?

Joint hypermobility syndrome is a common clinical entity which is much misunderstood, overlooked, misdiagnosed and mistreated. It was first described in the 1960s as a purely musculoskeletal condition due to joint laxity and hypermobility occurring in otherwise healthy individuals. Some four decades later it is now perceived to be a multi-systemic heritable disorder of connective tissue with ma...

Study of Illness Behaviour in Hysterical Patients

Thirty patients diagnosed as Conversion Disorder and Somatization Disorder on DSM-III were investigated using IBQ and EPI. The patients differed with the controls on all the 7 factors of illness dimensions. They scored higher on neuroticism and low on extroversion.

Non-verbal behaviour in mental illness.

Illness behaviour of some White South Africans.

Hierdie artikel handel oor ’n studie van die siekte-gedrag van Blanke persone in die Durban area. Dit blyk dat siekte, waar dit verwys na die ervaring van simptome, meer voorkom as wat algemeen geglo word. Persone konsulteer ’n gesondheidswerker slegs vir 'n klein persentasie van hul simptome en verskil ook in hul interpretasie van, en derhalwe reaksie op, simptome. Siektegedrag word verder bei...

Illness behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases.

No matter what talent or scientific skill, no matter what resources are devoted to the development of services for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), they may only operate effectively if those who can benefit present themselves for treatment. Endeavours to improve the quality of service in relation to sexually transmitted diseases, therefore, require that some attention be g...