Can exposure and acceptance strategies improve functioning and life satisfaction in people with chronic pain and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD)? A randomized controlled trial

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-182

  Wicksell, Rikard K ^a,b   Ahlqvist, Josefin ^a   Bring, Annika ^c   Melin, Lennart ^c   Olsson, Gunnar L ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Acceptance and commitment therapy; Chronic pain; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Exposure; Psychological flexibility; WAD; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEAR; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 50349101272     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070802078970     Document Type: Article

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