Managing Chronic Pain Book

This scholarly and practical book returns attention to the patient with chronic pain. Based on biopsychosocial principles, it provides valuable information on diagnostic matters and non-invasive techniques. The pathophysiological mechanisms of neuropathic pain are elucidated. The comorbidity of pain and psychiatric disorder and the puzzle of somatization are reviewed, as are more conservative treatments such as relaxation, hypnosis and meditation, psychotherapy and pharmacology. Troublesome conditions of headache, fibromyalgia, back pain and neuropathic pain are considered. Concise and packed with practical guidance throughout, all the parameters for managing chronic pain patients are covered here, making the book invaluable not only for psychiatrists, but also neurologists, orthopaedists and GPs, as well as other professionals working in this area.Read More