Acceptance and values-based treatment of adolescents with chronic pain: Outcomes and their relationship to acceptance

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-81

  Gauntlett Gilbert, Jeremy ^a,b   Connell, Hannah ^a,b   Clinch, Jacqui ^a,b   Mccracken, Lance M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic pain; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Disability; School attendance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872705306     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss098     Document Type: Review

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