Medical Skepticism and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Health Care Providers by Patients Followed by Rheumatologists By Leigh F. Callahan, PhD,* Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD,† Thelma J. Mielenz, PT, PhD, OCS,* and Elizabeth K. [...]
Chronic Pain Requires a Long-Term Relationship with your Health Care Team By David A. Williams, PhD, CPC Senior Scientific Advisor Patient education and counseling. 2000;39(1):5-15. Historically, pain has been treated in accordance with the traditional biomedical [...]
Fibromyalgia and psychiatric disorders By Fietta P, Fietta P, Manganelli P Acta Biomed. 2007 Aug;78(2):88-95 Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of Lodi, Lodi, Italy. pierluigi.fietta@ao.lodi.it Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common and polymorphic syndrome, characterized by long-lasting, widespread [...]
Comorbidity of fibromyalgia and psychiatric disorders By Arnold LM, Hudson JI, Keck PE, Auchenbach MB, Javaras KN, Hess EV J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;67(8):1219-25 Women's Health Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of [...]
Fibromyalgia and anxiety disorder By Thorlacius S, Stefánsson SB, Ranavaya MI, Walker R Laeknabladid. 2002 Nov;88(11):815-818. The State Social Security Institute, Laugavegi 114-116, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland. sigurdur.thorlacius@tr.is. Objective: The etiology of fibromyalgia is unclear. The diagnosis [...]
Multidisciplinary modalities in the treatment of fibromyalgia By Goldenberg DL J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;69 Suppl 2:30-4. Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass., USA. dgoldenb@massmed.org Fibromyalgia is a common musculoskeletal pain condition associated with chronic widespread [...]
The effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial By Lemstra M1, Olszynski WP. Clin J Pain. 2005 Mar-Apr;21(2):166-74 College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. OBJECTIVES: To assess the [...]
The significance, assessment, and management of nonrestorative sleep in fibromyalgia syndrome By Moldofsky H CNS Spectr. 2008 Mar;13(3 Suppl 5):22-6. Sleep Disorders Clinic of the Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. h.moldofsky@utoronto.ca People with [...]
Talking to patients with fibromyalgia about physical activity and exercise By Rooks DS Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2008 Mar;20(2):208-12. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3282f5687a. Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, [...]
Central sensitivity syndromes: a new paradigm and group nosology for fibromyalgia and overlapping conditions, and the related issue of disease versus illness By Yunus MB Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jun;37(6):339-52. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.09.003. Epub 2008 Jan 14. [...]