On "converting" hand pain into psychological pain: Treating hand pain vicariously through exposure-based therapy for PTSD

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-71

  Ciano Federoff, Lynda M ^a   Sperry, Jeannie A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Oasis Occupational Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Overutilization; Pain; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 25144499505     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650103259673     Document Type: Article

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