Controle el dolor antes de que el dolor le controle a usted

This expertly translated Spanish-language edition now makes MANAGING PAIN BEFORE IT MANAGES YOU accessible to a Spanish-speaking audience. Offering the same home assignments and activities that have made the original edition an acclaimed and widely-used self-help resource, the book helps readers:
* Understand the pain process
* Set realistic pain management goals
* Recognize factors that increase or decrease pain
* Master relaxation and exercise techniques
* Learn about medications and their effects
* Reduce stress
* Communicate effectively with family and physicians
* Develop practical problem solving skills

NOTE ABOUT PHOTOCOPY RIGHTS: The publisher grants book purchasers permission to reproduce the worksheets and forms in the final section of this book for personal or professional therapeutic use.

Margaret A. Caudill, MD, PhD, is Co-Director of the Department of Pain Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical School. A board-certified internist and a Diplomate of Pain Medicine, Dr. Caudill has long been involved in developing patient programs that bring mind and body together in medical treatment. She has researched and written extensively on mind/body medicine and lectured internationally on the importance of the biopsychosocial treatment model of pain.