The psychological behaviorism theory of pain and the placebo: Its principles and results of research application

Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue , 2006, Pages 28-40

  Staats, Peter S ^a   Hekmat, Hamid ^b   Staats, Arthur W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FANTASY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUGGESTION;

AFFECT; ANGER; BEHAVIORISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FANTASY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUGGESTION;

EID: 4544299344     PISSN: 00653268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000095364     Document Type: Article

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