This book provides a comprehensive overview of fibromyalgia syndrome that focuses on integrating concepts relevant to the pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment of the condition. Details of how to manage sleep disorders, assess related disabilities, use pharmacological and complementary treatments are provided. Relevant aspects of neuromodulation, genetics, and neuromodulation are also covered. Therefore, enabling the reader to develop a deep understanding of the underlying triggers of and tools for assessing and treating fibromyalgia.

Overview and definition of the fibromyalgia syndrome.- History of fibromyalgia and evolution of nomenclature.- Chronic fatigue - definition and overlap with fibromyalgia.- Chronic pain as a pathogenetic and clinical entity.- Etiology and triggers in the development of fibromyalgia.- Epidemiology of fibromyalgia and chronic pain.- Pharmacological treatment of fibromyalgia.- Complementary and alternative treatments.- Neuromodulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia, including neurofeedback.- Classification, criteria diagnosis.- Psychiatric comorbidity.- Fibromyalgia genetics.- The clinical spectrum of fibromyalgia and overview of approach to treatment.- Functional syndromes as fibromyalgia comorbidities.- Cognitive behavioral treatment and other types of psychotherapy.- Pediatric fibromyalgia.- The neuroscience of fibromyalgia and central sensitization.- Role of the immune system in fibromyalgia.- The autonomic nervous system inn fibromyalgia.- Sleep disorders and management in fibromyalgia and chronic pain.- Assessing disability in fibromyalgia.- Comorbidity of fibromyalgia in non-functional disorders - clinical and research implications.- Cannabinoids in the fibromyalgia syndrome.- Infections and vaccinations.- Fibromyaliga and vaccinations.- Small fiber neuropathy.- Conclusion.