Product Description: Clinical Essentials of Pain Management lays out an empirically documented program for treating patients experiencing acute and chronic pain, two of the most common symptoms in modern society. Going beyond traditional biomedical remedies, Robert Gatchel offers a comprehensive viewpoint that takes into consideration not only biological, but also psychological and social variables...read more

Product Description: "Clinical Health Psychology and Primary Care" offers practical guidance on establishing an integrated primary care health psychology practice. The authors describe common medical treatments to help psychologists collaborate in an informed manner with physician colleagues on such common health complaints and diseases as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, asthma, obesity and gastrointestinal disorders...read more

Product Description: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. 60 Contributors. A comprehensive text for primary care physicians and the variety of therapists engaged in this expanding field. DNLM: 1. Backache - rehabilitation.

Product Description: treatment for low back pain

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Product Description: In "Pain Management", Dr. Robert J. Gatchel shows how his biopsychosocial approach to treating clients with pain can uncover the complex factors that create pain. Every client experiences pain differently, so it is important to do a thorough assessment that covers physiological, social, and psychological facets of a client before recommending a course of treatment...read more

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Product Description: Designed for maximum clinical utility, this volume shows how to tailor psychological treatment programs to patients suffering from a wide range of pain problems. Conceptual and diagnostic issues are discussed, widely used clinical models reviewed, and a framework presented for integrating psychological treatment with medical and surgical interventions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers research results and demonstrates the links between health and psychology. This volume explores the psychological assessment and treatment of prevalent physical disorders, which serve to illustrate the potential for psychological intervention in these traditionally medical areas. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This multidisciplinary volume provides the latest information on the role of psychosocial factors in chronic, acute, and recurrent pain. Reporting on significant advances in our understanding of all aspects of pain, the volume is designed to help practitioners, students, and researchers in a wide range of health care disciplines think more comprehensively about the etiologies, assessment, and management of this prevalent--and debilitating--symptom...read more