Chronic Pain and Family A Clinical Perspective /

• Main Author: Roy, Ranjan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Pain medicine.; Clinical psychology.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Pain Medicine.

Chronic pain affects every facet of a patient’s life, and nowhere is this more evident than in the complex arena of family life. Chronic Pain and Family: a Clinical Perspective examines typical family issues associated with prolonged illness, offering realistic ways to approach them in therapy. Info...

Table of Contents:

• The Changing Nature of Families in the West
• The Impact of Chronic Pain on Marriage and Family
• The Health of the Partners (Spouses) and the Children
• Chronic Pain and Sexual Relations
• The Meaning and Function of Pain in Marriage: The Interactional Perspective
• What Happens to Communication?
• Who Does What? An Exploration of Family Roles
• What Happens to the Children?
• Partner Abuse and Chronic Pain
• Issues in Couple Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Some Further Thoughts.