Fear reduction in patients with chronic pain: A learning theory perspective

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1733-1745

  Hollander, Marlies Den ^a,b   De Jong, Jeroen R ^a,b   Volders, Stéphanie ^c   Goossens, Marille Ejb ^b   Smeets, Rob Jem ^a,b,d   Vlaeyen, Johan Ws ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic pain; conditioning; extinction; learning; pain related fear

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN;

EID: 78049452470     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.115     Document Type: Review

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