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Living a healthy life with chronic conditions : self-management skills for heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other physical and mental health conditions
This book teaches reader how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning, while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, communication, and emotional empowerment. Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers readers a unique and exciting opportunity - the chance to take control of their health and enjoy their lives to the fullest extent possible with chronic illness.
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ISBN:9781945188312
ISBN:1945188316
Physical Description:xi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Self-management: what is it and how can you do it? -- Becoming an active self-manager -- Finding resources -- Understanding and managing common symptoms -- Understanding and managing common symptoms and emotions -- Using your mind to manage symptoms -- Being physically active -- Exercising to make life easier -- Freedom and safety -- Healthy eating -- Communicating with family, friends, and health care providers -- Enjoying sex and intimacy -- Managing your treatment decisions and medications -- Managing diabetes -- Working and living with chronic conditions -- Planning for the future: fears and reality
Nobody wants to have a chronic long-term illness. Unfortunately, most of us will experience at least one of these conditions during our lives. The goal of this book is to help people with chronic illness explore healthy ways to live with physical or mental conditions. A healthy way to live with a chronic illness is to seek soundness of body and mind and work to overcome physical and emotional issues. The challenge is to learn how to function at your best regardless of the difficulties living with a chronic condition can present. The goal is to achieve the things you want to do and to get pleasure from life. That is what this book is all about. By showing readers how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, and emotional empowerment, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers readers a unique and exciting opportunity—the chance to take back one’s life and enjoy it to the fullest extent possible while living with chronic illness. Originally based on a five-year study, this completely revised 5th edition has grown to include the feedback of medical professionals and people with chronic conditions all over the world.
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