The Pain Survival Guide: How to Become Resilient and Reclaim Your Life (APA Lifetools) - Softcover

Buch 25 von 47: APA LifeTools Series

Turk, Dennis C., Ph.D.; Winter, Frits, Ph.D.

 
9781433831829: The Pain Survival Guide: How to Become Resilient and Reclaim Your Life (APA Lifetools)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1433831821 ISBN 13: 9781433831829
Verlag: American Psychological Association, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

This 10-lesson pain self-management program offers tools and strategies for coping with chronic pain, finding what works, building resilience, and moving forward despite setbacks.

Despite recent advances in the study of pain, there is still no medical treatment, alternative therapy, or herbal remedy that can eliminate all pain for all people all of the time. And many who suffer chronic pain know all too well the risks of over-reliance on pain medications. Only you know the ins and outs of your pain; only you can change your feelings of helplessness and despair into empowerment and resilience in the face of persistent pain and its many effects on your life.

The authors of this bestselling book are highly-respected experts on pain management who have successfully treated thousands of patients. Their 10-lesson self-management program offers clinically-proven strategies for making simple, gradual adjustments to daily patterns so you can take cope with chronic pain and take charge of your life.

Readers of this book will learn how to:
  • Identify and reject harmful myths about pain
  • Balance activity and restFix sleep problems
  • Leverage family and friends for support
  • Manage emotional response to pain
  • Regain self-confidence
  • Avoid relapsing into unhealthy behaviors
This revised edition offers important information on the risks of opioid use for chronic pain, and discusses new treatment options including acceptance and commitment therapy, mind-body interventions such as tai chi, and cannabinoids. It also includes a Resource Guide that shows readers how to access support groups and find help paying for health insurance and medication; offers tips for communicating with healthcare teams and employers; and recommends mobile apps to assist with self-management strategies.
 

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dennis C. Turk, PhD, is editor-in-chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain and has been treating people with chronic pain for over 30 years. He is currently the John and Emma Bonica Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology and Research and a professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is also associate director of Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks. Dr. Turk lives in Seattle, Washington.
 
Frits Winter, PhD, is a pioneer in developing therapy programs for chronic pain and he has written several self-help books on the topics of pain, anxiety, fatigue, and memory. He is director of the Medisch Centrum Winter, a treatment center for pain, stress, and burnout in Veldhoven, Netherlands. He received the Golden Spell of Honor award for his work as head of the Pain Division in the Roessingh Rehabilitation Center in Enschede, Netherlands. 

 

Dr. Dennis C. Turk has been involved in the assessment and treatment of people with chronic pain conditions for over 30 years. He is currently the holder of the John and Emma Bonica Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology and Research and Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is also currently Associate Director of Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTTION), a US Food and Drug Administration supported public-private partnership; and Editor-in-Chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
 
Dr. Frits Winter is Director of the Medisch Centrum Winter, a treatment center for pain, stress, and burnout in Veldhoven, Netherlands. From 1996-2002 Dr. Winter was President of the Dutch chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). He is a pioneer in developing therapy programs for chronic pain. In 2002 he received the Golden Spell of Honor award for his work as head of the Pain Division in the Roessingh Rehabilitation Center in Enschede, Netherlands. Dr. Winter is the author of several self-help books on the topics of pain, anxiety, fatigue and memory. He lives in Haaksbergen, Netherlands. Visit fritswinter.nl
 

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Verlag
American Psychological Association
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1433831821
ISBN 13 
9781433831829
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
230
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