The association between anger expression and chronic pain intensity: Evidence for partial mediation by endogenous opioid dysfunction

Pain

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Bruehl, Stephen ^a   Chung, Ok Yung ^a   Burns, John W ^b   Biridepalli, Sujatha ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Anger expression; Anger regulation; Anger out; Chronic pain; Endogenous opioids

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANGER; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344737794     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00319-1     Document Type: Article

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