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.