Disposition and adjustment to chronic pain topical collection on psychiatric management of pain

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ramírez Maestre, Carmen ^a   Esteve, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Anxiety Sensitivity; Chronic pain; Experiential avoidance; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Optimism; Personality; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874647039     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0312-9     Document Type: Review

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