Neuropathic Pain

by Michael I. Bennett (Editor)

Neuropathic pain is increasingly recognized as a chronic disabling condition. It is frequently thought of as harder to treat than other pain types, and it often results in a poorer quality of life. Around 30% of adults in the UK alone have some type of chronic pain and some estimates suggest that one in five of these will have symptoms of neuropathic pain.

This second edition of the popular pocketbook has been fully updated to include recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain. It includes new chapters on the clinical assessment of neuropathic pain and the use of screening tools in its diagnosis. This edition also includes a new chapter focusing on neuropathic lower back pain, a newly emerging clinical entity which is thought to be the most prevalent type of neuropathic pain in developed countries.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Dr. Michael I. Bennett, educated at both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, is a board-certified psychiatrist, Canadian, and Red Sox fan. While he’s worked in every aspect of his field, from hospital administration to managed care, his major interest is his private practice that he’s been running for almost thirty years. The author of F*ck Feelings, with his daughter Sarah Bennett, he lives with his wife in Boston and New Hampshire.

(source: Amazon)

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a person who has lived with RRMS for twenty-three years, I appreciate Michael I Bennett's understanding of the actual lived experiences of chronic pain sufferers. For the first twenty years, my disease-modifying drug meant relapses were few and far between. Since then, newer drugs do not help at all!
This is how it is. This book helps me to deal with it and keep clam as I carry on.

[Scott Holstad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A much needed book on a very serious and sadly often overlooked problem. Recommended for those in need of topical information.

[Hazel Louise Asiaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Will be dipping in and out of this. Very detailed. Book and resourceful