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Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Description & Price
Coping with Persistent Pain	Dr James Hawkins	British Holistic Medical Association	Relaxation, coping skills, advice. Available from BHMA, 59 Lansdowne Place, Hove, East Sussex, tel 01273 725951, £9.20 inc p&p.
Dealing with Chronic Pain: the pain management approach	Barrett, J	On Stream	An introduction to self-help, written by specialists at the Pain Management Centre in Douglas. Available from bookshops or by post from On Stream, Cloghroe, Blarney, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland, £8.50 inc p&p. Read Review
The Chronic Pain Control Workbook: A step-by-step guide for coping with and overcoming pain	Catalano, E, & Hardin, N	New Harbinger	A self-help workbook from a team of specialists in pain management.
Managing Pain Before It Manages You	Caudill, M	Guildford Press	The self-help workbook of the pain management programme, New England Deaconess Hospital.
Holistic Pain Relief	Chaitow, L	Thorsons	Hydrotherapy at home, tennis-ball massage and lots of other helpful ideas.
Winning with Chronic Pain: A complete program for health and well-being	McIlwain, H	Prometheus Books	Written by a group of doctors from Tampa, Florida.
Various	Pain Relief Foundation	Pain Relief Foundation	a series of tapes based on the pain management programme used at Walton Hospital, Coping with Pain, Coping with Headaches and Migraine, Coping with Back Pain, Feeling Good (assertiveness & self esteem), available as Pain Management Packs or individually. Also The Relaxation Kit. Details from Talking Life, PO Box 1, Wirral, Merseyside L47 7DD, tel 0151 632 1206 (enquiries), 0151 632 0662 (credit card sales)
Managing Pain	Reader’s Digest	Reader’s Digest Association	Health and healing series The Illustrated Guide to Better Sex for People with Chronic Pain Rothrock, R, & D’Amore, Gabriella Morrisville, USA This booklet is not available from bookshops, but can be ordered. Contact Pain Concern, PO Box 13256, Haddington EH41 4YD.
Natural Pain Relief: A practical handbook for self-help	Sadler, J	Element (available from libraries)	How to get in touch with your inner self to encourage healing; incorporates some elements of New Age thinking.
Coping Successfully with Pain	Shone, N	Sheldon Press	An introduction to self-help written by a former patient of the pain management programme at Walton Hospital.
Alternative Answers to Pain	Thomas, R	Marshall	Consultant editor: Dr Tim Nash, director of Centre for Pain Relief, Walton Hospital.
The Pain Relief Handbook: A self-help guide for chronic pain sufferers	Wells, C, & Nown, G	Vermillion	Dr Chris Wells is a Consultant in Pain Relief and former director of the Centre for Pain Relief at Walton Hospital.