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Managing Pain Before It Manages You - Third Edition

Margaret A. Caudill, M.D., PhD

Pages: 272 pages; paperback

Publisher: Guilford Press

Publication Date: 2008

CE Hours: 6

Description from the Publisher

Please see reviews of the book here. Imagine finding a way to spend less time in doctors' offices, and to decrease the discomfort, depression, and anxiety associated with chronic pain. Managing Pain Before It Manages You offers just that—a program to help you reduce your pain and learn coping skills to get your life back. Developed over the author's many years of working with chronic pain sufferers, this program has been proven effective. Program participants report that they have been able to take control of their pain and cut their doctor visits by more than one third! Straightforward and compassionate, this hands-on guide provides detailed information plus step-by-step techniques and activities that help you:

Understand the causes of chronic pain

Recognize what increases and decreases your pain symptoms

Reduce your pain and emotional distress

Learn effective problem solving

Make informed decisions about medications and nutritional therapies

Incorporate relaxation, meditation, and gentle exercise into your daily routine

Communicate effectively about your pain

Set realistic goals

New in the Third Edition: Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition includes the latest information on medications and other clinically proven treatment strategies, expanded coverage of specific pain disorders, and a new appendix featuring Internet resources. Plus, purchasers can download free MP3 audio files of three of the guided relaxation exercises in the book (one hour total).

About the Author (From the Publisher)

Margaret A. Caudill, MD, PhD, MPH, is a board-certified internist and a Diplomate of Pain Medicine. For more than 25 years, Dr. Caudill has worked to improve the lives of people with chronic illness through medical treatments that address both mind and body. She has researched and written extensively on mind-body medicine and lectures internationally on the biopsychosocial treatment of pain. Currently, she is Instructor of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center's Pain Management Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.