| Description |
1 online resource (pages .) |
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text file |
| Series |
Health, medicine and human development
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Health, medicine, and human development.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fibromyalgia seen through the life histories of the afflicted women -- Dissociative and self-loading patterns in adult life -- Psychological, psychobiological and environmental patterns during the developmental phase -- Increase in mental load : life events as triggers of generalized pain -- The phase of living with fibromyalgia -- Variation in the level of pain -- Dissociation interferes with gaps in pain -- Women's narrations on the process of recovery from fibromyalgia -- Factors influencing onset, level of symptoms, gaps in pain, recovery and maintenance. |
| Summary |
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome of widespread pain characterized by symptom fluctuations. Analysing these is a basis forlearning the nature of the syndrome itself. Thebook covers development, quantitative patterns, psychobiology, life with fibromyalgia, biomarkers, gaps in pain, environmental factors, affect and defense measures related to mental load and influences on recovery. A focus is ondissociation and environmental influences on maintenance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fibromyalgia -- Psychology.
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Fibromyalgia. |
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Psychology. |
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Fibromyalgia -- psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783110313734 3110313731 (DLC) 2013029475 |
| ISBN |
3110313804 (electronic book) |
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9783110313802 (electronic book) |
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9783110313734 (alkaline paper) |
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3110313731 (alkaline paper) |
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