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Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pan/Depression

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  • Fibromyalgia
    • as hysteria, as a psychiatric condition, as an autoimmune disorder
  • Pain
    • acute pain
    • chronic pain
    • Gate Control Theory
      • Melzack & Wall (1965)
      • Melzack (1968): pain is a multidimensional complex with numerous sensory, affective, cognitive, and evaluative components
    • pain as a complex phenomenon
  • pain and suffering
  • depression
    • life satisfaction
    • Beck’s theory of depression
      • negative views of self, world, future
    • behavioral theories of depression
      • decreased reinforcement seeking behavior
    • ACT theories of suffering
      • wanting the world to be other than it is
    • the opposite of depression is not happiness but engagement with life
  • Fibromyalgia again, and arthritis and other chronic pain conditions: How do we help?
    • compassion, empathy, time
    • the role of techniques
    • What is the goal?
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