Anger management style, opioid analgesic use, and chronic pain severity: A test of the opioid-deficit hypothesis

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 555-563

  Burns, John W ^a,c   Bruehl, Stephen ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger management style; Anger in; Anger out; Chronic pain; Opioid analgesics

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANGER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33344455667     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-005-9020-9     Document Type: Article

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