Brain Behind Pain

Brain Behind Pain

Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

Purvez, Akhtar, MD

Rowman & Littlefield

11/2022

252

Dura

Inglês

9781538172803

15 a 20 dias

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CHAPTER ONE: MYSTERY

A look at how humans have studied and tried to ward off the mysterious and universal phenomenon

of pain over the centuries, from the ancient Egyptians and Greek scholars through the beginnings of

Arabic medicine, the philosophy of Rene Descartes, and modern explorers such as Ronald Melzack.

CHAPTER TWO: THE BODY'S CEO

This chapter examines some of the many things the brain can do (and how science has regarded it),

focusing on the brain-pain connection.

CHAPTER THREE: PAIN IN OUR CULTURE

How pain has infiltrated not only our bodies, but our cultural attitudes toward it.

CHAPTER FOUR: ALL THE HURTFUL THINGS

What hurts us the most? An examination of some of the pain's many manifestations and vehicles.

CHAPTER FIVE: CHASING RELIEF

The history of pain relief, from ancient remedies to modern innovations.

CHAPTER SIX: HOW CHRONIC PAIN CHANGED THE GAME.

Examines ways in which medical science has been forced to battle a different (and often baffling)

subset of pain.

CHAPTER SEVEN: BEWARE THE EVIL TWIN

Delves into the modern scourge of addiction to painkillers.

CHAPTER EIGHT: ANOMALIES

Describes two curious off-shoots of human pain, masochism and congenital insensitivity to pain.

CHAPTER NINE: WITH PAIN IN MIND

The mental health aspects of pain and how research in that direction ay change the face of

treatment.

CHAPTER TEN: THE ROAD AHEAD

A survey of some of the more promising treatment options in the fight against pain.
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