Combining acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of chronic pain in older adults

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-308

  Lunde, Linn Heidi ^a   Nordhus, Inger Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Chronic pain; Cognitive behavior therapy; Older adults

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 68349131236     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650109337527     Document Type: Review

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