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Beschreibung
This book 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. Included in the book is a detailed guide to self-help, written from a patient's perspective, but evidence-based.
This book 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. Included in the book is a detailed guide to self-help, written from a patient's perspective, but evidence-based.
Über den Autor
Frankie Campling suffers from CFS/ME and provides telephone support for others like herself.

Professor Michael Sharpe is a Professor in Psychological Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. He runs specialist clinic services for CFS/ME and has published widely on the illness.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Section 1 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: its nature, diagnosis, and treatment
  • 1: Our aims in this section
  • 2: What should it be called and why?
  • 3: What is chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME)?
  • 4: How is a diagnosis of CFS/ME made?
  • 5: What other conditions is CFS/ME linked to?
  • 6: What do we know about CFS/ME?
  • 7: Making sense of what we know about the causes of CFS/ME
  • 8: What is the best treatment?
  • 9: Some myths about CFS/ME
  • 10: Summary
  • Section 2 - The idea of helping yourself
  • 11: Introduction to self-help
  • 12: Balancing rest and activity
  • 13: Relaxation and calm breathing
  • 14: Appropriate exercise
  • 15: Improving your sleep
  • 16: Getting the best from your food
  • 17: Coping with pain
  • 18: Difficulties with memory and concentration
  • 19: A gradual increase in activity
  • 20: What gets in the way of being sensible?
  • 21: Improving your mood
  • 22: Managing anxiety, panic and depression
  • 23: Managing your thinking
  • 24: Dealing with problems
  • 25: Better communication
  • 26: Managing relationships and people
  • 27: Getting the best from today
  • 28: Managing employment
  • 29: Thinking about the future
  • 30: Summary of our self-help advice
  • Section 3 - Special Issues
  • 31: Thinking about therapies and therapists, both medical and complementary/alternative
  • 32: Cognitive behaviour therapy, graded excercise therapy, and adaptive pacing therapy
  • 33: Children and young people with CFS/ME
  • Appendices
  • 1: Medical glossary
  • 2: Keeping a diary
  • 3: Further information
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Ratgeber
Rubrik: Gesundheit
Thema: Gesundheit
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Facts
Inhalt: 199 S.
ISBN-13: 9780199233168
ISBN-10: 0199233160
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Campling, Frankie
Sharpe, Michael
Auflage: 2 Revised edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
The Facts
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Oxford University Press España S.A., El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares, Avendia de Castilla 2, E-28830 Madrid, product.safety@oup.com
Maße: 198 x 131 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Frankie Campling (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2008
Gewicht: 0,239 kg
Artikel-ID: 101845326

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