Frankie Campling (A person with CFS / ME), Michael Sharpe (Professor of psychological medicine and symptom res

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• The Facts
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780199233168
• ISBN-10: 0199233160
• Artikelnr.: 23549862

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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