How to cope with pain blog carnival
How to cope with Pain’s monthly blog carnival is up and running! Take a look for a roundup of some of the pain bloggers best posts.
Rules for Doctors – and probably applicable to other health providers also
This was originally written by Dr Rob, reposted on sent from my teleportation device, pointed out to me by @amcunningham on Twitter – and deservedly republished here! Rule 1: They don’t want to be at your office. It may seem odd to patients, but most doctors forget that going to the doctor is generally unnerving. … Read more
…answers to questions
I’m away now for about a week, so I leave you with these answers to life’s questions I wish I knew where I clipped this from – it’s beautiful! …and this from a variety of sources.
Nominations for Research Blogs of 2009!
It must be that time of year – voting rounds for blogs of 2009! Go here for information who is included and what the categories are Click here to nominate your favourites If you’ve enjoyed my posts – think about nominating Healthskills! Voting is open to registered users of ResearchBlogging.org (so if you write about … Read more
When in danger, when in doubt, just remember – deep breath in, deep breath out
It was a physio who first chanted that wee slogan at me some ten years ago… for a physio, he wasn’t bad at all! Come to think of it, I have worked with some great physiotherapists (please don’t let them know!). Anyway, it’s been one of those sayings that I’ve carried with me ever since … Read more
Depression, demoralisation and CBT for everyone
I was roving through my Twitter feed this morning,when I got word (via Gail Eva) of a paper debating the introduction of an enormous amount of money to provide CBT to people in England with anxiety and depression. The paper is in the British Journal of Psychiatry here and it’s available in its entirety. While … Read more
Thesis…
This just tickled my fancy, couldn’t help myself! nd u hadz lotsa spelling errurs
Friday Funnies: the tradition continues
It’s been a week or two since I last posted Friday Funnies, but Do Not Panic! Dreadful though they may be, they return with vengeance today. First, a little light philosophy – Aphorisms of the Philosophers (courtesy of Glyn Hughes Squashed Philosophers: Go there, you’ll love it) Confucius One who knows and knows he knows … Read more
Do people use the same ways of coping over the lifetime of their pain?
This is a bit of an unanswered question – do people use the same coping strategies at the beginning of their experience with chronic pain, or are there shifts in coping as time goes on? I’ve been pondering, as I do when writing my PhD, about the ways we have studied ‘coping’ in chronic pain. … Read more
