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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface to the Revised Edition | |
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| Before You Begin: How This Book Can Help You | |
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| How Effective Is the Program? | |
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| What Can You Expect? | |
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| What's Involved? | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Special Features of the Book | |
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| A Final Note | |
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| Beginning to Take Control of Your Pain | |
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| Accepting Ownership of Your Pain | |
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| Determining Exactly What Your Problems Are | |
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| Setting Goals | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Understanding Pain | |
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| Categories of Pain | |
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| The Experience of Chronic Pain | |
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| The Processes Involved in Acute and Chronic Pain | |
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| The Meanings of Pain | |
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| Where Do You Go from Here? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| The Mind-Body Connection | |
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| Chronic Pain as a Form of Chronic Stress | |
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| The Relaxation Response (RR) Is Not the Same as Relaxing | |
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| Using Breath to Relax and Focus Your Mind | |
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| Breathing Exercises | |
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| Preparing to Practice Eliciting the RR | |
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| Basic RR Techniques | |
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| Advanced RR Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| The Body-Mind Connection | |
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| Increasing Activities | |
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| Time Management | |
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| Listening to Your Body | |
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| Using Your Body to Change Your Mood | |
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| Aerobic Exercise | |
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| Pleasurable Activities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| The Power of the Mind | |
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| Harnessing the Power of the Mind: Cognitive Techniques | |
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| Self-Talk or Automatic Thoughts | |
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| Irrational and Distorted Thoughts | |
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| Monitoring Self-Talk (Automatic Thoughts) | |
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| Changing Your Thoughts | |
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| The Role of Psychology in Chronic Pain | |
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| Common Psychological Labels in Chronic Pain | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) | |
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| Adopting Healthy Attitudes | |
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| Problematic Attitudes | |
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| Healthy Attitudes | |
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| Building a Foundation for Attitude Change | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| Nutrition and Pain | |
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| Why Discuss Nutrition? | |
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| Two Important Principles | |
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| Basic Nutritional Guidelines | |
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| Managing Pain through Nutrition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| Effective Communication | |
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| Making Statements Match Intentions | |
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| Assertiveness | |
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| Active Listening | |
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| Further Suggestions for Communication Practice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| Assertiveness Questionnaire | |
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| Effective Problem Solving | |
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| Setting Goals: A Closer Look | |
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| Assessing Your Ways of Coping and Applying Them to Problems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploration Tasks | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| The End of the Beginning | |
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| Relapse Prevention | |
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| Coping with Pain during a Flare-Up | |
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| A Celebration! | |
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| Common Chronic Pain Conditions | |
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| Fibromyalgia | |
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| Chronic Neck and Low Back Pain | |
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| Headaches | |
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| Interstitial Cystitis | |
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| Endometriosis | |
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| Neuropathies | |
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| Complementary Alternative Medicine | |
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| Acupuncture | |
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| Biological Agents | |
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| Herbal Remedies | |
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| Massage | |
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| Energy Therapies | |
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| Supplementary Reading | |
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| Working Comfortably | |
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| Adjusting Your Chair | |
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| Adjusting the Monitor Height and Distance | |
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| Preventing Glare | |
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| Adjusting the Keyboard Height | |
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| Using a Mouse Pad | |
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| Taking Breaks | |
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| Exercising | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Worksheets and Other Materials | |
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| Sample Pain Diary | |
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| Pain Diary | |
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| Relaxation Response Technique Diary | |
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| Increasing Activities Worksheet | |
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| Food Diary Instructions | |
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| Food Diary | |
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| Daily Record of Automatic Thoughts (Self-Talk) | |
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| Weekly Feedback Sheet | |
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| "Do Not Disturb" Sign | |
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| Letter to Health Care Professionals | |