Wentz, Kerstin.

Symptom fluctuation in fibromyalgia : environmental, psychological and psychobiological influences / Kerstin Wentz. - 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations. - Health, medicine, and human development .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fibromyalgia seen through the life histories of the afflicted women -- Dissociative and self-loading patterns in adult life -- Psychological, psychobiological and environmental patterns during the developmental phase -- Increase in mental load : life events as triggers of generalized pain -- The phase of living with fibromyalgia -- Variation in the level of pain -- Dissociation interferes with gaps in pain -- Women's narrations on the process of recovery from fibromyalgia -- Factors influencing onset, level of symptoms, gaps in pain, recovery and maintenance.

9783110313734 (alk. paper) 9783110313802 (e-book)


Fibromyalgia.
Myofascial pain syndromes.


Electronic books.

RC927.3 / .W46 2014eb

616.7/42