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Book Review BOOK REVIEWS The Hidden Psychology of Pain: The Use of ferers will likely find the chapters generally credible and the case studies moving and familiar. Understanding to Heal Chronic Pain The science cited, however, is insufficiently convincing. James Alexander. Balboa Press, Bloomington, IN, Although controlled studies support both EFT and EMDR 2012, 470 pp., $40.99 (paperback), $7.11 (Kindle) for trauma resolution, data are not available to justify Alexander’s linking trauma and chronic pain. Hence, in a Alexander states the problem convincingly: Medical and recent and comprehensive review of treatments for chronic pharmaceutical approaches to chronic pain (defined as last- pain (Jensen & Turk, 2014), neither EFT nor EMDR was ing for more than three months) have failed. Prescription mentioned. Well-narrated testimonials, left to speak for and illegal drug use is epidemic and frequently results in ad- themselves, can be persuasive, even inspirational. Equating dictive and lethal side effects. Science and compassionately them with evidence can leave skeptics, especially academ- presented case studies defend the premise that chronic pain ics, more skeptical. is perhaps the body–mind health condition. This timely in- The author correctly acknowledges “other factors” troduction (Chapters 1 through 7) is recommended to all that contribute to chronic http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of EMDR Practice and Research Springer Publishing

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Springer Publishing
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1933-3196
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1933-320X
DOI
10.1891/1933-3196.8.3.171
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BOOK REVIEWS The Hidden Psychology of Pain: The Use of ferers will likely find the chapters generally credible and the case studies moving and familiar. Understanding to Heal Chronic Pain The science cited, however, is insufficiently convincing. James Alexander. Balboa Press, Bloomington, IN, Although controlled studies support both EFT and EMDR 2012, 470 pp., $40.99 (paperback), $7.11 (Kindle) for trauma resolution, data are not available to justify Alexander’s linking trauma and chronic pain. Hence, in a Alexander states the problem convincingly: Medical and recent and comprehensive review of treatments for chronic pharmaceutical approaches to chronic pain (defined as last- pain (Jensen & Turk, 2014), neither EFT nor EMDR was ing for more than three months) have failed. Prescription mentioned. Well-narrated testimonials, left to speak for and illegal drug use is epidemic and frequently results in ad- themselves, can be persuasive, even inspirational. Equating dictive and lethal side effects. Science and compassionately them with evidence can leave skeptics, especially academ- presented case studies defend the premise that chronic pain ics, more skeptical. is perhaps the body–mind health condition. This timely in- The author correctly acknowledges “other factors” troduction (Chapters 1 through 7) is recommended to all that contribute to chronic

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Published: Jan 1, 2014

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