The Social Context of the Chronic Pain Sufferer / Ranjan Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, Ranjan, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic pain--Social aspects.

Chronic pain.

Chronic pain--Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Researchers have investigated the various medical and psychological aspects of chronic benign pain; now Ranjan Roy adds a critical new dimension with study of the social forces that determine the lives of these patients and their responses to their condition.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; Part I: Conceptual Issues; 1 Social and Psychological Issues: An Overview; Part II: Assessment Issues; 2 Pain, Loss, and Grief; 3 Life Events and Pain; 4 Childhood Abuse and Neglect: Pain in Adulthood; 5 Interpersonal Issues: The Patient's Family System; Part III: Methods of Intervention; 6 Social Strategy Interventions; 7 Task-Centred Approach; 8 Dynamic Psychotherapy and Pain; 9 Crisis Intervention; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-176) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8039-8

OCLC:

1114796349