The Chronic Pain Control Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide for Coping With and Overcoming Pain (New Harbinger Workbooks) (Paperback)

by Ellen Mohr Catalano (Author), Ph.D. Kimeron N. Hardin (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
>From psychological techniques for managing chronic pain to understanding sleep and nutritional needs and challenges during the process, this provides a workbook in its revised second edition to explore the basics of therapies and control measures. Chapters explain and expose the influences of mental strengthening exercises in the process. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Description
Incorporating charts, diagrams, and illustrations, an easy-to-use workbook offers a practical, rational approach to controlling chronic pain through exercise, stress management, psychological techniques, medications, and support groups. Original. IP.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 2nd edition (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572240504
• ISBN-13: 978-1572240506
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,215 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of its kind, but do not pay exorbitant prices!, March 17, 2005

By	Dr. Andrew J. Rozsa (Indian Springs Village, AL USA) - See all my reviews

The Chronic Pain Control Workbook is by far the best of its kind. It truly will walk a chronic pain sufferer through a step-by-step program that, if followed consistently, WILL improve the quality of the chronic sufferer's life. I have used it successfully with thousands of patients. HOWEVER, the book is now out-of-print (for some unfathomable reason that nether the publisher nor the authors care to explain) and I am seeing extreme price gouging! Don't fall for it and do not pay exorbitant prices for a book that's listed at $17.95. If you can't find a used one for a reasonable price, "The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (2000, 5th edition, also by New Harbinger Publications) by M. Davis, Elizabeth Eshelman, and Matthew McKay - ISBN: 1572242140 covers almost all the topics just as well as the Pain Control Workbook does. What's missing are the chapters on medications, theories of pain, and vocational issues, but these are covered quite well elsewhere. The Relax workbook is available for list price of $19.95, but I have seen it used for as little as $10. A MUCH saner way to go!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone working on chronic pain., December 5, 2007

By	M. C. Loftin (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have used this book for nine years in working with individuals with chronic pain. It is skills-based, and it covers most of the important aspects of psychological treatment of pain. If you cannot get this book, try 10 Simple Solutions to Chronic Pain in addition to The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook.