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Functional Illness of the Head and Neck

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Editors:
  1. Brian W. Blakley

    1. Otolaryngology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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  2. Joan E. Blakley

    1. Winnipeg, Canada

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  • Provides quick reference for clinicians and patients dealing with functional symptoms relating to the head and neck
  • Fills the market need for a reference that deals with functional illness as a distinct entity
  • Written by experts in the field

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction What Is Functional Illness?

    • Brian W. Blakley
    Pages 1-10

  3. Some Basic Science and Functional Illness

    • Brian W. Blakley, Cory Bosecke
    Pages 11-24

  4. Altered Sensation

    • Brian W. Blakley
    Pages 25-28

  5. Stress and Functional Illness

    • Avni A. Shah, Ashley D. Agan
    Pages 29-36

  6. Allergy and Environmental Illness

    • Ilka C. Nauman
    Pages 37-45

  7. Depression

    • Mandana Modirrousta
    Pages 47-52

  8. Chronic Pain Syndromes: Neck Pain

    • George Deng
    Pages 53-65

  9. Chronic Pain Syndromes: Shoulder Pain

    • George Deng
    Pages 67-73

  10. Fibromyalgia

    • George Deng
    Pages 75-83

  11. Myofascial Pain

    • George Deng
    Pages 85-90

  12. Chronic Sore Throat

    • Kevin Fung, Andrew James MacDonald
    Pages 91-100

  13. Ear Pain and TMJ

    • Brian W. Blakley, Rick Soordhar
    Pages 101-108

  14. Functional Dizziness

    • Jason Azzi, Jordan Hochman
    Pages 109-119

  15. Headaches

    • Leigh Sowerby, Boipelo Tselapedi-Sekeitto, Lik Hang Tommy Chan
    Pages 121-138

  16. Subjective Tinnitus

    • Valerie Dahm, Trung N. Le
    Pages 139-154

  17. Head and Neck Manifestations of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    • Swathi S. Rayasam, Flora Yan, Ashley D. Agan
    Pages 155-172

  18. Sleep and Functional Illness

    • Reena Dhanda Patil
    Pages 173-182

  19. Functional Disorders of the Larynx: Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction, and Globus Pharyngeus

    • Brendan D. McNeely, Amanda Hu
    Pages 183-196

  20. A Psychological Approach to Functional Illness

    • Anna Marie A. Carlson, Gregg A. Tkachuk
    Pages 197-220
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About this book

This book uniquely discusses an approach to illnesses for which the causes are unknown. It fills the gaps in the literature by relaying research on functional illness, identifying and assessing various options, and indicating some decision-making suggestions that should help clinicians and patients think about therapy.  

Special considerations for functional illness include “probability” explanations based on the experience of others, serious consideration of the severity of symptoms before treatments are applied, and balancing the risks, costs, and consequences of treatment; including the patient’s thoughts and attitudes is critical for success in treating functional illness. 

 Unique and comprehensive, Functional Illness is an invaluable reference for medical physicians of all specialties who wish to understand better and identify functional illness symptoms. 

 



Reviews

“The trainees will still invest in atlases showing what can be achieved with a high speed drill, a laser, a robot or an endoscope but this truly novel book would prove a far more useful exercise. The topic will make up a significant proportion … of a career and the most senior of us would benefit from reading this. … I felt sure this would be an invaluable addition and it proves so.” (L Flood, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, March 3, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Otolaryngology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

    Brian W. Blakley

  • Winnipeg, Canada

    Joan E. Blakley

About the editors

Brian W. Blakley

University of Manitoba

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada

 

Joan E. Blakley

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Functional Illness of the Head and Neck

  • Editors: Brian W. Blakley, Joan E. Blakley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12998-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Editors 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12997-1Published: 03 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12998-8Published: 02 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 340

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Pain Medicine

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