Psychological coping with acute pain: An examination of the role of endogenous opioid mechanisms

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Bruehl, Stephen ^a,b,c   Carlson, Charles R ^a,b   Wilson, John F ^b   Norton, Jane A ^b   Colclough, George ^b   Brady, Marianne J ^a,b   Sherman, Jeffrey J ^a,b   McCubbin, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Rush Pain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; coping; endogenous opioids; heart rate; pain

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 0029989222     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01857603     Document Type: Article

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