The Mystery of Pain
eBook - ePub

The Mystery of Pain

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Mystery of Pain

About this book

Why does scratching an itch feel so good? Why is pain from a mosquito bite preferable to the same pain from an unidentified source?

Douglas Nelson provides the reader with a comprehensive, practical and highly accessible guide to the scientific understanding of pain. The book explores the different types of pain, providing clear explanations of the processes involved within the body. It examines key issues such as diagnosis and measurement of pain, the placebo effect and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and takes an in depth look at causes and treatment for chronic pain. The book is full of practical advice and small changes one can make to improve the effectiveness of pain treatment.

Presented as a personal tutorial for understanding the psychology of pain, this book will be useful for practitioners, patients, and the general reader alike. It will be of particular interest to psychologists, alternative medicine practitioners, massage therapists and psychotherapists.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1  A Deeper Understanding of Pain
  6. 2  Alarms, Fires, and Alarms without Fires
  7. 3  That Which Can Be Known, But Not Often Seen
  8. 4  Nocere and the Anatomy of Pain
  9. 5  When the System Goes Awry
  10. 6  The Importance of Meaning and Context
  11. 7  Attention and Pain
  12. 8  Fear and Pain
  13. 9  Placebos and the Placebo Effect
  14. 10  Phantom Limb Pain
  15. 11  Trigger Points and Referred Pain
  16. 12  Fibromyalgia
  17. 13  Social Support and Pain
  18. 14  The Pendulum