Author Description

Every aspect of vertigo and dizziness is considered, including environmental causes of perceptual-motor disequilibrium, neurophysiological links between dizziness and anxiety, cognitive appraisals of disorientation and their behavioural ramifications, and the social significance of instability. The culmination is a wide-ranging exploration of the topic which integrates biological, environmental, psychological and social factors to construct a unique account of dizziness, vividly illustrated by excerpts from interviews with sufferers. Vertigo and Dizziness will be invaluable to sufferers from vertigo and dizziness (including many people with panic and agoraphobia) and the health care professionals who care for them, such as neurologists, otolaryngologists, audiologists, physiotherapists, hearing therapists and clinical psychologists.