Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) The Facts

Name: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) The Facts
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ISBN: 9780192630490

ISBN-10: 0192630490

ISBN-13: 9780192630490

Edition: 2000

Authors: Frankie Campling, Michael Sharpe

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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains one of the most controversial illnesses, both in terms of its causes, and the best ways to treat the illness. For years, sufferers have had to deal with scepticism from their families, employers, and even health care professionals. The vast amount of conflicting advice that has been published up to now has served only to confuse sufferers (and the professionals) even more. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Facts presents a compassionate guide to this illness, providing sufferers and their families, with practical advice, based solely on scientific evidence. It is unique in being written by both a sufferer and a physician, both of whom have had extensive…

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List price: $26.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

P. G. Walsh has translated six previous Latin editions for OWC: Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Petronius, Satyricon, Cicero, The Nature of the Gods and On Obligations, Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, and Pliny, Complete Letters.Frankie Campling, Sufferer of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Michael Sharpe, Consultant in Psychology, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

Michael Sharpe was born in 1970 into a forces background and developed a fascination for flying and military history at an early age. He has worked on numerous publications and articles and is widely published in the fields of military and civil aviation, transport and military history. He is the author of Air Disasters and a volume of a ten-part history of warfare in the Second World War.



Introduction


Acknowledgements



Chronic fatigue sundrome: its nature, diagnosis, and treatment



Our aims in this section



What shall we call it?



What is chronic fatigue sundrome (CFS/ME)



How a diagnosis is made



Other associated conditions



Research into CFS/ME



Making sense of what we know about the causes of CFS/ME



Treatment



Some myths about CFS/ME



Summary



The idea of self-help



Introduction to self-help



Balancing rest and activity



Relaxation and calm breathing



Appropriate exercise



Improving your sleep



Getting the best from your bed



Coping with pain



Difficulties with memory and concentration



A gradual increase in activity



What gets in the way of being sensible



Improving your mood



Managing anxiety, panic, and depression



Managing your thinking



Dealing with problems



Better communication



Managing relationships and people



Getting the best from today



Managing employment



Thinking about the future



Summary of our self-help advice



Special issues



Thinking about therapies and therapists, both medical and complementary/alternative



Cognitive behaviour therapy and graded exercise therapy



children with CFS/ME


Appendices



Medical glossary



Keeping a diary



The Oxford and 1994 CDC criteria for CFS



Further information