Catastrophizing and pain in military personnel

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Spevak, Christopher ^a,b   Buckenmaier III, Chester ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral therapy; Catastrophizing; Cognitive therapy; Coping; Hypervigilance; Injuries; Mental defeat; Pain; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BATTLE INJURY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CATASTROPHIZING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOLDIER;

CATASTROPHIZATION; COMBAT DISORDERS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955845606     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0173-7     Document Type: Review

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