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6.0 Managing Stress & Pain, Comes from other culture & not well…

- - - - Analgesic drugs – most common treatment for acute pain e.g. opiates & nonnarcotic analgesics
    - - To repairing damage that causes pain
      - To altering nervous system to change pain perception
      - To implant devices to stimulate spinal cord to decrease pain
- - - - Electromyograph (EMG) – measures electrical discharge in muscle fibers;
      - Thermal biofeedback – Measure skin temperature
  - - - Assumes change in interpretation of event can change people’s emotional & physiological reaction.
      - Attempts to get patients think differently about stress/pain experiences & increase confidence on stress coping
      - Changing behavior by changing thoughts
    - - Aims to develop beliefs, thoughts, & skills to make +ve changes in behavior
    - - Process of shaping behavior through the application of operant conditioning principles
      - Strength :ability to increase levels of physical activity & decrease use of medication
  - - - Guided imagenery
      - Mindfulness Meditation
      - Meditative Relaxation
      - Progressive Muscle Relaxation