New Book Curing Chronic Pain by Robert T. Cochran, Jr. M.D. Offers Hope and Healing to Millions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Chronic pain affects millions of people; one type alone, Fibromyalgia, affects 3-6% of the U.S. population. Chronic pain may also appear as migraines, arthritis, or a host of other conditions including, perhaps surprisingly, diseases such as narcolepsy, attention deficit disorder, panic disorder, obesity, and chronic fatigue.
In 2004, Robert T. Cochran, Jr. M.D. published Understanding Chronic Pain, a ground-breaking work exploring the links between pain, depression, childhood trauma, substance abuse and bipolar disease. Curing Chronic Pain (Providence House, 2009), a companion to this work, demonstrates the advancements Cochran has made in successfully treating patients suffering from pain. In many cases, Cochran says, “miraculous cures have been achieved.”
Presented in a conversational, anecdotal format, this book examines the specific experiences of chronic pain patients under Cochran’s supervision. Readers will be struck by Cochran’s warmth, compassion, intellect and willingness to confront the complicated issues surrounding treatment. There is hope in Curing Chronic Pain. For more information, please see http://www.understandingpain.com.
BOOK SIGNINGS:
- Thursday, February 12th at 7pm at Barnes & Noble (1701 Mallory Lane, Brentwood, TN)
- Thursday, March 12th at 7pm at Davis-Kidd (2121 Green Hills Village Drive, Nashville, TN)
- Saturday, April 18th from 9am-4pm at Southern Kentucky Book Fest (Bowling Green, KY)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A graduate of Vanderbilt University Medical School, Robert T. Cochran, Jr. M.D., completed his residency in internal medicine and neurology at the University of Texas and Duke University. He founded his private medical practice in 1963, and over the course of more than four decades has treated thousands of patients with chronic pain. This experience, in conjunction with that gained as co-director of the Pain Center at Centennial Hospital (Nashville) in the 1990s, led Dr. Cochran to make groundbreaking links between pain and various psychiatric disorders. His first book, Understanding Chronic Pain (Providence House, 2004), explored these relationships. Curing Chronic Pain offers the thesis that chronic pain is actually a form of mental illness, one that with the imaginative use of pharmacy can in many cases actually be cured. Dr. Cochran continues his active medical practice in Nashville, where he resides with his wife, Donna.
Dr. Cochran is available for interviews and speaking engagements.
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