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This groundbreaking analysis moves our knowledge of pain and its
effects from the biomedical model to one accounting for its complex
psychosocial dimensions. Starting with its facial and physical
display, pain is shown in its manifold social contexts-in the
lifespan, in a family unit, expressed by a member of a gender
and/or race-and as observed by others. These observations by
caregivers and family are shown as vital to the social dynamic of
pain-as observers react to sufferers' pain, and as these reactions
affect those suffering. The book's findings should enhance
practitioners' understanding of pain to develop more effective
individualized treatments for clients' pain experience, and inspire
researchers as well. Among the topics covered: Why do we care?
Evolutionary mechanisms in the social dimension of pain. When, how,
and why do we express pain? On the overlap between physical and
social pain. Facing others in pain: why context matters. Caregiving
impact upon sufferers' cognitive functioning. Targeting individual
and interpersonal processes in therapeutic interventions for
chronic pain. Social and Interpersonal Dynamics in Pain will be a
valuable resource for clinicians who deal in pain practice and
management, as well as for students and researchers interested in
the social, interpersonal, and emotional variables that contribute
to pain, the processes with which pain is associated, and the
psychology of pain in general.
This groundbreaking analysis moves our knowledge of pain and its
effects from the biomedical model to one accounting for its complex
psychosocial dimensions. Starting with its facial and physical
display, pain is shown in its manifold social contexts-in the
lifespan, in a family unit, expressed by a member of a gender
and/or race-and as observed by others. These observations by
caregivers and family are shown as vital to the social dynamic of
pain-as observers react to sufferers' pain, and as these reactions
affect those suffering. The book's findings should enhance
practitioners' understanding of pain to develop more effective
individualized treatments for clients' pain experience, and inspire
researchers as well. Among the topics covered: Why do we care?
Evolutionary mechanisms in the social dimension of pain. When, how,
and why do we express pain? On the overlap between physical and
social pain. Facing others in pain: why context matters. Caregiving
impact upon sufferers' cognitive functioning. Targeting individual
and interpersonal processes in therapeutic interventions for
chronic pain. Social and Interpersonal Dynamics in Pain will be a
valuable resource for clinicians who deal in pain practice and
management, as well as for students and researchers interested in
the social, interpersonal, and emotional variables that contribute
to pain, the processes with which pain is associated, and the
psychology of pain in general.
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