Overcoming Chronic Pain (Overcoming Books) - Softcover

Catherine Carus; Helen Macdonald; Hazel Howden-Leach

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841199702 ISBN 13: 9781841199702

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Chronic pain does not need to dominate your life. The health team behind this book has established a self-help method based on techniques tested with patients in community and hospital programs.

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About the Author:

Frances Cole (Author) Dr Frances Cole was a GP and pain rehabilitation specialist. She developed the first UK primary and community care pain rehabilitation programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles in 1996. She developed a pain health needs assessment tool that won an NHS Modernisation award in 2005 and gained an NHS National Clinical Leaders Award in 2011. Frances is a past chair of the British Pain Society Pain Management Programme Special Interest Group whose current focus is on multidisciplinary pain management. Her current work is on digital self-management tools for pain including apps. Helen Macdonald (Author) Helen Macdonald is the author of Overcoming Chronic Pain, along with Frances Cole, Catherine Carus and Hazel Howden-Leach. She is a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and obtained a Master's Degree in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, with a dissertation examining the effectiveness of assisted self-help for chronic pain. She was recognized as a Chartered Health Psychologist in March 2004. Catherine Carus (Author) Catherine Carus is the author of Overcoming Chronic Pain, along with Frances Cole, Helen Macdonald and Hazel Howden-Leach. She is a registered physiotherapist currently teaching at the University of Bradford, and she specializes in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal conditions. Hazel Howden-Leach (Author) Hazel Howden-Leach is the author of Overcoming Chronic Pain, along with Frances Cole, Helen Macdonald and Catherine Carus. She works at the University of Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine as Educational Technologist/Technical Advisor, with respect to the development of health-related educational materials.

Review:

An invaluable resource for all sufferers of chronic pain. -- Christine Padesky author of Mind Over Mood

About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1841199702
• ISBN 13: 9781841199702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224